| Time | Speaker | Text |
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| 00:00:00.03 | Ray Withy | this time here, can I have a roll call, please? |
| 00:00:03.10 | Herb Weiner | Councilmember Pfeiffer? Here. Councilmember Theodorus? Present. Councilmember Whitty? |
| 00:00:04.59 | Thomas Theodores | here. |
| 00:00:05.99 | Ray Withy | Present. here. |
| 00:00:08.64 | Herb Weiner | Mayor Weiner. |
| 00:00:10.21 | Ray Withy | THE FAMILY. Okay, at this time here, Vanya, would you lead us in the... Pledge of Allegiance. |
| 00:00:22.14 | Ray Withy | Go ahead. Thank you. to the pride of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. |
| 00:00:25.21 | Unknown | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:00:25.87 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 00:00:25.88 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:00:25.97 | Mary Wagner | and I just say, |
| 00:00:30.95 | Unknown | and they |
| 00:00:37.10 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 00:00:42.05 | Ray Withy | At this time here, we went into closed session and talked about three items that were And they're basically on legal matters and as they unfold we will report to you on them. At this time here is there any public comment about the closed session items? Okay. I'd like to move to the, before we start the approval of the agenda, Tom, would you like to? |
| 00:01:15.73 | Thomas Theodores | Well, I'd like to add that we will adjourn this meeting in memory of one of our neighbors who passed away on March 5th, Jules Weiss. Jules lived on 22 Sunshine for over 50 years with his wife, Dorothy, where he raised two daughters. Jules was a noted psychoanalyst who had many publications and actually practiced until days before his death. So we'll miss him. I always remember Jules because whenever I talked to him, he'd always note that we lived on the best street and the best city in the whole world. And after 50 years, if you can say that, it was wonderful. So we'll adjourn in his memory tonight. |
| 00:01:55.88 | Ray Withy | Okay. Thank you, John. At this time here, I'd like to move for the approval of the agenda. you Thank you. So moved? |
| 00:02:03.35 | Thomas Theodores | Second? |
| 00:02:04.37 | Ray Withy | All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Okay. At this time here we have special presentations. |
| 00:02:05.58 | Mary Wagner | I'm not sure. |
| 00:02:05.72 | Thomas Theodores | Bye. |
| 00:02:13.55 | Ray Withy | And this is in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Sausalito Woman's Club. So, Debbie. |
| 00:02:24.08 | Herb Weiner | Martha Breeson is there to accept. |
| 00:02:34.74 | Unknown | Thank you. you He's ready. |
| 00:02:35.80 | Herb Weiner | I'm going to... |
| 00:02:43.97 | John Wallstrom | to see the airfare to the financial Thank you. |
| 00:02:46.42 | Herb Weiner | Mayor Weiner is issuing a proclamation to the Sausalito Women's Club and Women's, it's singular, possessive. |
| 00:02:56.24 | Martha Breeden | Possess him. |
| 00:02:58.33 | Herb Weiner | Yes, and accepting is Martha Breeden. The proclamation reads, a proclamation of the City Council of the City of Sausalito recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Sausalito Women's Club. Whereas in March of 1913, the Sausalito Women's Club was born out of the struggle for women of Sausalito to have a voice in their communities. And whereas just one year after its formation, the club succeeded in pressuring the Sausalito Board of Trustees now known as the Sausalito City Council. to conduct town business in open public meetings. And whereas members of the Sausalito Women's Club have, over the decades, participated in the governance of Sausalito as elected and appointed officials Members of City Boards and Commissions and leaders on behalf of numerous special projects And whereas the Sazuro Women's Club is also actively involved in countless community projects, including blood drives, candidate nights, Fourth of July Parade, Sister City Programs, Staffing the front gate at the Sausalito Art Festival and providing for scholarship funds to the Sausalito and Marin City residents. And whereas in 1913 the Sausalito Women's Club began their commitment to preserve and enhance the beauty of Sausalito, with the rescue of the Founders Tree. and henceforward saving well over 100 trees throughout Sausalito. and properly denoting each with dedicated tree plaques. And whereas the Sausalito Women's Club continues to enhance the beauty of Sausalito through flowering median strips, benches throughout the city, and in restored historic elements of our Vineyard Del Mar Park. And whereas the members of the Sausalito Women's Club have been generous and careful stewards for Sausalito's first historic landmark, the club's historic Julia Morgan Clubhouse on Central Avenue. Now therefore be it proclaimed, that the City Council of the City of Sausalito recognizes the significance and ongoing contributions of the Saucyuta Women's Clubs and salutes their first and only mission statement. to preserve the beauty of Sausalito and to aid through organized effort such worthy causes as man list its sympathies and to create a center of thought and action among the people for the promotion of whatever tends for the best interest of the town and the state. and witness thereof. I, Herb Weiner, Mayor of the City of Sausalito, have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of Sausalito to be affixed this 19th day of March 2013 in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Saucyedal Women's Club and for the countless hours of volunteerism from the members. |
| 00:05:34.02 | Ray Withy | Just so you know, I just came back from Chile again. You got that mic. |
| 00:05:42.78 | Ray Withy | I didn't know. I did not know. I did not know it that time, but it happens to be the International Year of the Women. |
| 00:05:52.36 | Martha Breeden | Yes. |
| 00:05:53.23 | Ray Withy | So congratulations. |
| 00:05:55.03 | Martha Breeden | Thank you very much. It's an honor to be here representing the club. on this gala year, the entire 2013 will be spending numerous ways of celebrating, most of which the public are invited to join us in enjoying. But I I have appreciated my own membership in the club. It has engaged me in the life of Sausalito in a way that I would not have been engaged otherwise. And the spirit that lives at the club lives throughout all of Sausalito. And thanks very much. |
| 00:06:49.35 | Ray Withy | Mm-mm. Okay, at this time here, public communication. This is the time for the City Council to hear from citizens regarding matters that are not on the agenda, except in very limited situations, State Law precludes the Council from taking action or engaging our discussions concerning items of business that are not on the agenda. At this time here, is there anybody that would like to speak of an item that is not on our agenda? Okay, thank you. Move to now have the... Approval of the minutes of the regular city council meeting of March 5th, 2013. |
| 00:07:32.47 | Thomas Theodores | So move. |
| 00:07:33.80 | Ray Withy | Second? Second. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Thank you. Opposed? No. |
| 00:07:36.85 | Thomas Theodores | Bye. |
| 00:07:41.34 | Ray Withy | Okay, now we move down to the consent calendar. Matters listed under the consent calendar are considered routine and non-controversial, require no discussion, are expected to have unanimous counsel support and may be enacted by the Council when one motion in the form listed below Um, There will be no separate discussion of consent calendar items. However, before the council votes on a motion to adopt the consent calendar, council members, city staff, and members of the public may request that specific items be removed from the consent calendar for separate action. Okay. get an approval of the consent calendar. |
| 00:08:25.15 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 00:08:25.66 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 00:08:25.69 | Thomas Theodores | I move that we approve the consent calendar specified item 4. |
| 00:08:31.78 | Ray Withy | Oh, I'm sorry. Any public comment on that consent calendar at this time? OK. |
| 00:08:39.95 | Thomas Theodores | I move that we approve the consent calendar. |
| 00:08:39.97 | Ray Withy | I moved it. Second. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Thank you, Mary. |
| 00:08:45.16 | Thomas Theodores | I... |
| 00:08:48.03 | Ray Withy | Thank you. All right. Okay, now let's go to public hearings and this will be an amendment on Acraboff Residence Design Review Permit, 600 Locust Street. Lilly. |
| 00:09:09.82 | Unknown | Good evening, Mr. Mayor, council members. Tonight we have an amendment of a design review permit, for specific conditions of approval that were mandated by the Planning Commission. And that is for a duplex at 600 Locust Street. |
| 00:09:33.38 | Unknown | This particular project has a very long history with regards to permitting and construction. It dates back to 2009 when a design review permit was approved for an addition to an existing duplex at 600 Locust Street. which is owned by Vanya Akraboth. The Planning Commission's approval of that design review permit was appealed to the City Council by Robert Byfus, a downhill neighbor at 85 Girard, on privacy concerns. And that was in 2009. The council at the time remanded the privacy discussion back to the Planning Commission, And... I recommended the planting of additional landscaping to mitigate the privacy concern from the downhill neighbor. ... And then. Planning Commission, we brought that back, and the council eventually denied the appeal of Robert Vyfus with the condition that two loquat trees be planted in front of the deck of the addition at 600 Locust Street. Additionally, there was a condition that required that the trees be maintained at a height no greater than the existing eaves of that residence. Subsequently, a building permit was issued for the addition at 600 Locust Street, and unfortunately, at some time later, there was a fire that required the removal of the entire duplex. |
| 00:10:45.47 | Unknown | We're going to go. |
| 00:10:59.34 | Unknown | And therefore, there was another building permit that was issued. There were several modifications over time that the Planning Commission and staff both approved. in 2011 and 2012. And so right now the last step is for the applicant to install the landscaping. The construction has been finished. And in addition to the landscaping is the required loquat trees in front of the deck. And here are the specific conditions regarding the low-equat trees. |
| 00:11:33.66 | Unknown | This is an aerial of the neighborhood with the two residences, 600 Locust Street and 85 Gerard. a picture that was taken from 85 Gerard looking at the duplex at the time. and then Thank you. a plan of the loquat tree that was required to be planted in front of the deck. At the time, there was one tree that was suggested and then two were mandated. The applicant has stated that she's discovered that loquat trees have messy fruits and their leaves do not easily decompose. And her landscape architect has determined that the loquat trees would be too large for the existing site. and create a lot of maintenance costs as well. Therefore, the applicant is requesting the required trees be replaced by Himalaya calamus asper, which is a type of bamboo. And the letter from her landscape designer, Brian White, indicates that this particular bamboo is tightly clumping, which means that it does not wander, creep, or run along the property. It would also grow to about 12 to 15 feet tall. He's also indicated that the spread of the bamboo is expected to be eight to nine feet in length. and a 24-inch box planting would reach maturity within two months, and a 15-gallon planting would reach maturity within eight months. The property owner, Mr. Bifus, who originally appealed the design review permit, has submitted in writing that he is agreeable to this replacement, landscaping. And this is the landscaping plan that's a part of your packet, which indicates the location of the new bamboo. |
| 00:13:31.30 | Unknown | And the conditions as modified as recommended by staff, which would essentially substitute the loquat trees for the bamboo at either a 24-inch box container or a 15-gallon container size. With that, staff is recommending that the council approve the draft resolution, which modifies those conditions of approval 20 and 21 to replace the loquat trees with bamboo. And that concludes our staff report and we're available for any questions. |
| 00:14:03.39 | Ray Withy | Okay, thank you, Lily. Any questions up here? |
| 00:14:08.76 | Thomas Theodores | Yeah, I do have a quick question, Lily. I know that although Mr. Bifus was the one who filed the appeal, there were other neighbors who were equally a bit concerned about the, you know, structure. And were they notified as well of the change, or was it just Mr. Bifuss? |
| 00:14:32.62 | Unknown | All property owners and residences within 300 feet were notified of this hearing tonight, and the notice specifically stated that there were going to be landscaping changes. I was also contacted by Chris Welborn, who lives up the street, and he was involved in the appeal as well, and I let him know about the changes, but I wasn't contacted by any other neighbors. |
| 00:14:54.51 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. One more question, Mr. Mayor? Um, And does the bamboo you Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Sorry, the bamboo, you said it grew to up to 12 feet, or 12 to 15 feet high. Is that the same height as the lumquat tree? |
| 00:15:15.11 | Unknown | The landscape designer has said that the loquat tree will actually grow to heights much taller than the bamboo. I think I'd have to take a look at his letter, but I think it was 25 feet tall, much taller. And the privacy situation in that area doesn't require a 25-foot tall tree. It's to screen that deck area. So staff is recommending that the bamboo is appropriate for the privacy screening. |
| 00:15:40.09 | Thomas Theodores | So you're saying the bamboo would provide enough height to provide Mr. Bifus with privacy from the deck? That's correct. |
| 00:15:51.43 | Aaron Stroud | Okay. |
| 00:15:54.02 | Ray Withy | Any other questions? Okay. Any questions at this time here from the public on this? Okay, let's bring it back up. Any comments? Okay. So do we have an approval to? |
| 00:16:14.29 | Mary Wagner | Mr. Mayor, I just want to make sure that we're giving the applicant the opportunity to present their appeal if they wanted to. I know that you called for public comment. Typically, you give the actual applicant a longer period of time. |
| 00:16:26.80 | Ray Withy | Thank you, Mary. |
| 00:16:31.62 | Ray Withy | I knew. |
| 00:16:35.32 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:16:35.44 | Thomas Theodores | I'd just like to say that Lily's presentation was very thorough and covered everything. I think the main point is that Robert Byfus and I have come to |
| 00:16:35.89 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:16:35.98 | Jan Fidler | I... |
| 00:16:43.03 | Thomas Theodores | agreement about replacing the tree that he had requested, and he's in agreement with the choice. Thank you very much. |
| 00:16:50.08 | Ray Withy | Okay, thank you. Okay, any other comments, questions from the public? All right. |
| 00:16:57.85 | Thomas Theodores | I have a quick clarification. So Lily, with respect to the Planning Commission's finding on the Luquat tree, I mispronounced it, they were fine with it with the conditions provided. by the applicant. you |
| 00:17:19.63 | Unknown | The privacy solution arrived upon by the Planning Commission was a landscaping solution, and that was brought back to the City Council, and that's where the loquat tree discussion was held. So these conditions were actually mandated by the City Council at the time of the appeal. So the Planning Commission hasn't weighed in on the loquat tree issue. |
| 00:17:45.43 | Ray Withy | Okay. |
| 00:17:48.23 | Ray Withy | I'd just like to add, having sat through quite a few Planning Commission hearings and listened to appeals at City Council, I think this City Council should support it, support when neighbors actually agree and reach a solution themselves. Yes, I agree. Okay. We have a So I would move to... |
| 00:18:21.83 | Ray Withy | I would move to approve the draft resolution amending conditions of Approval 20 and 21 in City Council Resolution Number 5142. regarding required landscaping at 600 Locust Street. |
| 00:18:34.98 | Thomas Theodores | Second. |
| 00:18:35.69 | Ray Withy | Okay. |
| 00:18:36.03 | Ray Withy | All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Okay. Thank you. |
| 00:18:37.73 | Thomas Theodores | Bye. |
| 00:18:42.23 | Ray Withy | You're all set moving along to the next item. We have the... We have next the amendment. Oh, no. I'm sorry. We have Accept Downtown Restrooms Project. Thank one of associates, architects, and John Pope Incorporated for the service to the people of Sausalito and authorized filing of a notice of completion. |
| 00:19:11.16 | Ray Withy | Lauren? |
| 00:19:11.65 | Lauren | Thank you. |
| 00:19:14.90 | Lauren | Good afternoon, or good evening, Mayor and City Council members. I'm here today to talk about the downtown restroom project. You have probably noticed that it is looking good and almost complete. We are actually just going right now through some minor punch list items on that project and we'll be removing all the fences and opening up that for the public come this Tuesday as our anticipation, assuming PG&E brings us in power. |
| 00:19:43.22 | Unknown | It brings us to power. |
| 00:19:45.85 | Lauren | Not this Friday. We're waiting on PG&E to bring us the power in their scale. Yeah, that's what I mean. So that's what our next step is. |
| 00:19:49.21 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 00:19:49.26 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 00:19:49.85 | Mary Wagner | that I'm here. |
| 00:19:53.52 | Lauren | Uh. This has been a long project. It's been a long time coming before the Council, and it's a nice moment to finally say that it will be complete and that it will be something that we'll be able to service the community for many, many years. I'd like to bring out a couple of comments and mention a few things. First off, I'd like to thank publicly Bill Werner of Werner and Associates Architects because he has put together a set of plans that the contractor was able to construct with little to no problems. There were plenty of questions, but they were a lot of questions that were able to be worked out in the field. Bill was extremely involved in this project. spending I think just about every morning over there stopping in. attending weekly construction meetings and answering questions as they came up. His plans were for this project were complicated, There were a lot of details that were involved in this, especially about the detail of the layout of the brick and the layout of the tile on the interior And we made the tile subcontractor worked very hard to get that right because Bill made sure that it was right. So I want to say thank you very much to Bill Werner and to his associate Edward Ayung, who did a fantastic job acting as architects of record for this project. The next person I would like to thank publicly is John Pope of John Pope Incorporated. John Pope had bid on a few other projects prior to this one and was never selected, but in fact was the second low bidder on this project. We had one other low bidder who realized that they had made a significant mistake in their bid, and they were disqualified as a result, resulting in John Pope being the selected bidder for this, selected contractor for this project. John has done a fantastic job on this project and has been one of the most, if not the most conscientious contractor I've ever worked with. Thank you. |
| 00:21:55.25 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:21:55.86 | Lauren | He has also done some other projects on behalf of the city when we've needed his help, particularly up at MLK when we had some emergency leaks and also just being a good person to go to for information. He's done a fantastic job. In fact, the way that most people judge a contractor is by how many change orders they issue. And John has issued a number of changes. five change orders for this project. And those changes are listed in your in your staff report. It's really amazing that He didn't issue any more. He probably could have. Most contractors can find a way. Thank you. to find change orders and make an issue of it. John wanted to work for the city. Thank you. He wanted to do a good job and he wants to work with us again and I will be happy to accept his low bid if he submits one again for other projects that we have. As we mentioned, he was the second low bidder at a price of $723,000. As I mentioned, he submitted five change orders for this project, some of which were owner-directed or city-directed. In fact, there is one new storm drain in front of the Bank of America, which The initial scope of that was $12,880. And we're still actually working on some other details on that. But that was something that the city directed because the storm barrier in front of the Bank of America was completely clogged and full of roots and used to pool up water in front of the entrance to Bank of America. So he assisted us in fixing that. He helped us to remove that storm drain, which was actually made out of transite pipe, which is a type of asbestos. Thank you. We also were We directed him. or PG&E directed him to put in an electrical pull box for $880 We added an additional clean out for the sewer. which was directed by our own sewer coordinator, that was $1,000. And finally, the real change that came as a result of a conflict in the drawings was for the coordination of the electrical panel and the opening to that electrical panel room, and that was $1,337. So, In conclusion for John, I'd like to say that he has done a fantastic job, and I hope he gets a chance to work for the city again because I know that the city will be lucky in using the The recommendation tonight is for the City Council to accept the downtown restrooms as complete. This initiates a process in which we post a notice of completion that provides the subcontractors with a period of time in which they may submit any claims that they may have against the project. We're not aware that any contractors, subcontractors, will be issuing, but this starts that clock so that we can then close out that project and release some of the bonding that John Pope is required to get for this project. As I mentioned, the restrooms will be open next week, pending PG&E, pulling our wire. They look great inside. I hope you get a chance to go and take a look. They will last for a long time. I guarantee that. We've also added a few other elements around that area, including the new bus stop, which has some display cases which we can post public notices, other types of information. We've added another, or we've added an accessible parking spot, two accessible parking spots for parking lot three, which we did not have before. And we've also added a small little area behind the restroom for bicycle parking to hopefully relieve some of the parking of bikes on the sidewalk. the That's about it. So if you have any other questions about the project, please feel free. |
| 00:25:53.19 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 00:25:53.58 | Thomas Theodores | Mr. Mayor, I have. So it's really lovely. It's beautiful down there. So congratulations to the team and you and everyone. So are we going to do a ribbon cutting? I have to ask because it's the first time that we've ever, you know, put a new building down in the historic downtown area. |
| 00:26:13.73 | Lauren | We've talked about doing the first flush, and I know that Bill is out of town. He may be watching us tonight on the streaming cast, and I know that John Pope would like to do that, and I'd actually be honored to introduce you all to John Pope so you get a chance to meet him. So yes, I'm perfectly happy for doing a ribbon cutting, and we will schedule something up and send out the invitations. |
| 00:26:41.28 | Thomas Theodores | Great, I think that would be wonderful. I'll hold my comments until comment time. |
| 00:26:49.20 | Ray Withy | Okay, any other questions? At this time here, any questions from the public? Public comment on this. Okay, let's bring it back and now you have your opportunity for comment. |
| 00:27:02.46 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Well, I too want to thank Bill Werner for the amazing job he did as the architect of this building. I want to thank you, Lauren, for the oversight and I want to thank John Pope for his amazing work as well. It was an example of a lot of folks coming together with some great talent and I think providing an amazing new addition to our historic downtown that fits in the scale and the character. And it's a lovely building and I'm just absolutely delighted and looking forward to the ribbon cutting. |
| 00:27:43.42 | Unknown | Okay. |
| 00:27:48.26 | Ray Withy | Well, I also, I think Bill Werner went above and beyond. I mean, I would see him there Saturdays and Sundays, even making sure that this project was done exactly the way he wanted it. And if you really look at the workmanship in that building, you'll see it's a very high quality. and we should be very, very proud of something that hopefully will last maybe more than 50 years like the last one. And Pope did a wonderful job, and Lauren, thank you. I would see you down there many, many times, making sure that this project. And I did have the opportunity to see that line in front of B of A. I don't think a drop of water could ever make it through there. It was amazing how much root bound it really was. So even though it took a little extra time to do it, I think we did it right, and that's very important. So thank you very much. Okay. Okay, we have a motion. |
| 00:29:07.18 | Thomas Theodores | I move to accept the downtown Sausalito public restrooms project, thanking Werner, Associates, Architects and John Pope Incorporated for their service to the people of Sausalito and authorized filing of notice of completion. |
| 00:29:23.69 | Ray Withy | Second. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Thank you again, Lauren. |
| 00:29:26.37 | Thomas Theodores | Bye. |
| 00:29:26.42 | Lauren | Bye. |
| 00:29:26.44 | Thomas Theodores | Bye. |
| 00:29:26.49 | Lauren | Yeah. You very well. |
| 00:29:32.26 | Ray Withy | Thank you. Okay, moving along to the next item, business item that we have. is authorized budget transfer and supplemental appropriation, approved change orders, and accept library renovation improvements project as complete. That would be Lauren and Abbott. Go ahead now. Don't get choked up over it. It really came up nice. |
| 00:29:58.48 | Abbott | Well, good evening, Mr. Mayor and members of the council. I'm here tonight to give you an update on the library remodel project. At this point, we're essentially done with the project. Construction is completed. There's still a few elements left in the furniture installation that need to be finished up. But as of March 4th, we are open again in our full remodeled space with services and hours restored. So in my talk this evening, I'm going to recap the original goals of the remodel project. Then I'm going to talk about...I'm going to give you a virtual tour of the remodel as it exists today and talk about how we achieve those goals. I'm going to mention briefly what we have left to do to really put the finishing touches on the project. I'll spend a little bit of time talking about project funding because that is the item on the agenda tonight in addition to giving an update. And I'll also be turning to Lauren to provide more details there. And I'm going to conclude with some thank yous to the groups and to the individuals that made this project possible. So what were the original goals of the project? Well, first off, we wanted to create a special place for children. And if you recall, the old space, the kids' area was open to the rest of the library. Any noise made by parents and their kids would carry out across the building. The living room of the library is a very special place, beloved by the people of Sausalito. They'd often be frustrated by noise from the kids, from parents reading, carrying on into that space. So one primary goal for us was to create a special place for kids where they could make noise, because kids do make noise, but separate that from the rest of the library. We wanted to create a more open and flexible floor plan. We wanted to do a better job of showcasing the new materials that we're adding to the library's collection. We wanted to improve the facilities for laptop users and for people who come in to use the public internet stations. And we also wanted to improve the workspaces for the staff in the staff workroom. And I think lastly, and kind of as an overarching goal, We wanted to keep the library open as much as possible so that we could maintain library services to the community. And I'll touch on that last goal first. This is November 12th. Here is the sound wall which we put up to insulate the main floor of the library from the construction area that's being installed there. |
| 00:32:16.03 | Unknown | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:32:29.73 | Abbott | The construction period lasted for about three and a half months, running from November 2012 to March, just the beginning of this month actually. And I'm pleased to say that we were able to remain open that entire time with the exception of four weekdays and two Sundays. And those four weekdays were days where we were doing major construction in the central part of the library, including electrical work and the floors. From November 13th to February 18th, the sound barrier was in place, but we were able to maintain full services in the rest of the library. All the kids' materials that had been behind the wall were relocated to other places in the library. From February 20th to March 3rd, and some of you may recognize this picture, we were set up out in the Litho Street lobby operating a micro library with just a handful of carts with materials for people to borrow from. And if you wanted a book from the collection, we'd go in and get it for you. But the main floor of the library was otherwise closed off for furniture installation. And that's micro library chief, Augie Webb, there on the So one way that I really measure success from this remodel project and from keeping the library open during the project is the circulation of library materials during those three and a half months. And if you compare our circulation during the three and a half months that have just passed with the three and a half months a year ago, you'll see quite impressively that despite all the constraints of the remodel, our circulation actually went up 12% over last year. So that means that even though we were offering restricted services, we still did a better job of putting library materials in the hands of local residents. So let me continue with the tour of the remodel. Here we're at February 19th and the sound wall is coming down. Here's our new kids' room, and if you haven't yet had a chance to come in and explore the library, I encourage you to. though this meeting probably won't be over until after the library is closed. Um, We're looking out from the kids' room, and you can see the new storefront in place. It has double-paned glass. The space is bigger than it was before, not a lot, but by about 40 square feet. And what I'm pleased to see already is that it's functioning and parents are using the space as we'd hoped. We're finding that parents come in with their kids. If the kids start making some noise, they're playing, the parent wants to do some reading, the parent will close the door. And at that point, within the rest of the library, other than really loud noises, we're not able to hear what's going on. In fact, it was so quiet in there on a recent day that we forgot to tell people to leave at closing time. This is the view from the mezzanine. So we're looking down on the new space. And let me see if the laser pointer is working. |
| 00:35:25.89 | Ray Withy | You got to hold it down. Yeah. |
| 00:35:27.50 | Abbott | There we go. So there's the storefronts. But just pointing out some other elements, this is our new service desk. In the forefront here, new display shelving for new materials. The wood tables here are original wood tables, but they've all been refinished. There were years and years of layers of varnish on them. A new computer center is here, and there's actually another one over in the foreground off the picture. a new Self-serve checkout area where people can come in and pick up their holds and check things out without having to go to the desk. |
| 00:36:08.10 | Abbott | Here's another picture of the new service desk. And the change here from the old library is that we formerly had two different service desks, a reference station and a circulation station. Now both functions are together at the same desk. This makes us a lot more flexible. If someone's going to help someone out in the stacks or elsewhere, the other person can cover for them. It means that patrons, library users, don't have to be ping-ponged between desks if they're being cross-referred. And it's a beautiful piece donated by the Sausalito Library Foundation. Here's another view of the display shelving. And in addition to allowing us to display things face out in more of a sort of new bookstore kind of way, right there in the middle of the library, they're also on wheels. And we can reconfigure the space as we see fit. We can also push them entirely aside for programs, like the Sausalito People program series that's coming up in a couple weeks. Here's our beautiful new staff workroom, though I don't think this picture quite does it justice. |
| 00:37:13.94 | Unknown | Mm-hmm. |
| 00:37:14.16 | Abbott | Thank you. And as I said, we have two new computer stations. This is one of them. We've gone from having six public internet stations to eight and added 12 more floor outlets for laptop and mobile device users. Soon after we reopened, I received a lovely note from Marilyn Burns, who is a local educator, consultant, author, and she wrote to me, the children's space looks as if it's always been that way, which to me is always a sign of a successful remodel. And overall, I love how the library looks more open and accessible, and truly a place that is looking to serve the community in as many ways as possible. And I completely agree. You never really know what you're going to get when you go from looking at things on a plan to actually going in and seeing it in person and being there on that first day when people are coming in and using the space. And I'd have to say that it's entirely exceeded my expectations and I'm delighted with the results. So what do we have left? While we still have to install wood tops and ends for the metal shelving that has been added or reconfigured in the library, that will probably take another four to six weeks. We need new signs for the library. We currently have temporary signs up. It's a good way for us to know where the signs need to be, what they need to say. But we may have them done by pros. we need to outfit our technology petting zoo. This is a new table that we have where library users can come in to try out mobile devices that they can use to access the library's e-book and downloadable audio book collections. Also an area for us to do training. |
| 00:38:51.46 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:38:59.83 | Abbott | My office is a disaster right now and still need some work. And we're also planning a remodel celebration. We won't be able to offer a first flush, but we're planning a week of events, open to the public, including perhaps an afternoon jazz reception inside the library where everyone will be invited to come and celebrate the new space. And there are some issues left with project funding, which I'll refer to here and then, after I talk, turn the floor over to Lauren. The total project cost ran just north of $260,000. We came in $36,000 over budget. So, as I said, Lauren will be talking about a staff report that you have that is requesting supplemental appropriation for the project. And the staff report presents a couple of different options. The options that is recommended in the staff report is a reallocation of City Hall Capital Project funds towards the library project. But another option that's also referred to is to request an allocation of the Library Board of Trustees to cover that overage. And that fund, the Library Capital Improvement Fund, currently has assets of about $109,000. So to conclude, I would just like to offer some thank yous. First off to Mary Richardson, my predecessor. Without Mary, this project never would have happened. Even though I came in and changed the floor plan, if Mary hadn't had the vision for the original project, secured the funding, it never would have happened. I'd like to thank you on City Council and former council members for your support and The Library Foundation granted $115,000 to buy furniture for the project. And you'll see when you go in just what beautiful furniture it is. And I'd particularly like to single out Joanne Goldschmidt, who was the furniture consultant on the project and did a fabulous job. I'd like to thank the friends of the library. They donated the sound wall that made it possible for us to stay open. I'd like to thank the Department of Public Works and Loren for all his hard work as project John McCoy was our architect. And lastly, I'd like to thank library patrons first for bearing with us during the project through all the dust and the noise, continuing to use the library. And it's been, as I said, fun seeing people using the new space and hearing lots of positive things from people as they see the new library. And of course, the library staff who worked very hard through this whole process, also put up with all the noise, all the dust, and we really have a remarkably talented group of folks working for the library. I think we're very lucky. So with that, I'd be happy to take any questions. Thank you. |
| 00:42:06.98 | Ray Withy | Questions? Any questions from the public at this time? John. |
| 00:42:22.35 | Jan Fidler | Mr. Mayor and Council Members. |
| 00:42:27.97 | Unknown | financing when they get to the line. |
| 00:42:32.86 | Jan Fidler | Jan Fidler, Fiber, Wano Lima. I wanted to thank Abbott and the library staff for all their patients. during that remark, it just seemed to go on and on. |
| 00:42:45.42 | Martha Breeden | long. Mom. |
| 00:42:47.75 | Jan Fidler | I don't know how they do it. managed to cope with it. But they never lost their cool, they were just wonderfully polite. and endlessly helpful. And I want to thank Abbott for that. |
| 00:43:01.16 | Ray Withy | Yeah, yeah. Thank you. Thank you, Jean. |
| 00:43:10.34 | John Wallstrom | Good evening, Mr. Mayor, Council Members. I'm John Wallstrom. I'm the chairperson of the Library Board of Trustees. And on behalf of the Board of Trustees, I'd also like to offer thanks to the council, to the city and the city staff, and especially to the foundation donors who together helped to make this project possible financially. We put together a board resolution at our meeting last week specifically to thank Abbott and his co-workers in the library for their outstanding effort in planning this project, in implementing it, and in getting the library back operating full scale very quickly after the construction was finished. And we also wanted to commend Abbott himself because, as he said, the main goal of this project was to provide better services to the children of the community. And it was Abbott who came up with that concept of the sound wall and the separation of the children's area from the rest of the library with that beautiful glass petition that we have now. So we commend him very much for that. You know, this is a project that benefits the whole community. And so there are many people who have come together to make this possible, both by hard work and by contributing financially towards it. So it's great that it's come out with such a splendid result. Thank you. |
| 00:44:33.05 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 00:44:36.74 | Ray Withy | Any other comments from the public? Okay, let's bring it up here. Oh. Okay. |
| 00:44:44.98 | Lauren | Thank you. up. First off, I'd also like to heap the praise upon Abbott. He was fantastic on this project, and as has already been noted, Very patient. and he did a great job in working with his own staff and with the public. I'm not aware that there were any complaints that came through him, but he would be able to tell you himself. but he did a fantastic job of being on top of this project being on top of me in particular. And I think he is owed a great deal. He's been here for maybe one year now and has this wonderful project already under his belt. I'd also like to thank John McCoy of John McCoy Architecture. He's someone who has worked with the city for a great deal of different projects in one way or the other, and we were lucky to have him on this project. And I'd like to say thank you to Southland. They were the contractor on this project. They came in and did a fantastic job, as you can see. And finally, I'd like to say, in particular, thank you to the DPW staff, including John Bush, Mark Morales. Eric Andula, Jerry Sanchez, Steve Hansen, who did quite a bit of work in here on this project in order for the project to achieve its goals and try to maintain budget as much as we could. With that, I'll say that this project was a challenge. It was...there were a lot of things that provided challenges to Abbott and myself and to the contractor. some of which were known. some of which were anticipated, some of which were not. Some of the things that were a challenge on this is an old electrical system, an old electrical panel that was completely maxed out. We knew that going in, but we weren't sure how to address it until we could get a contractor on board. We did have some knowledge and issues with... some asbestos mastic underneath the carpet from many, many years ago. We suspected that that was going to be the case, but given the way that we were going to lay out, we didn't really know how much was going to have to be removed and in what format until we actually started the project. you But overall, the project, I think, has come out really well. One particular area that I'm happy about is the staff room. We've added a lot of storage. It has much better lighting in that space than I think it had before. And again, to Abbott's comment, when you walk by that front door, it looks like the library has expanded by another 1,500 square feet or so. It looks much larger and much more open. And even though the project did come in over budget, as sometimes they do, the results of this have been fantastic. I'm glad that we have that, despite having the budget overrun. The staff report in front of you is requesting this reallocation of funds in order to cover these costs for this project. If you have any questions on that, I'll attempt to answer them and I can go into any other details regarding the construction. |
| 00:48:01.17 | Ray Withy | Any questions up here? Any questions from the public on this item? Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Lauren. comment. Go ahead. you |
| 00:48:17.62 | Thomas Theodores | Well, I just want to add my thanks to everyone. I mean, it's a great night when we can unveil two major improvements to Sausalito and the library, the new additions to the library certainly won. And Lauren, you're having a big night and thank you to you for two well-managed projects. And Abbott, of course, in managing everything and your staff and to the |
| 00:48:35.96 | Mary Wagner | I have. |
| 00:48:40.50 | Thomas Theodores | the Library Board, the Library Foundation, the Friends of the Library, and everyone. It's just a wonderful opportunity. We hear a lot around about how great this is. There was some minimal impact, but it was It was not much, and it was certainly well worth it. So I want to thank everyone. Great. |
| 00:48:59.91 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 00:49:01.97 | Ray Withy | I would echo my colleagues' praise for this project. I mean, our library, our children, our knowledge base is one of the most important assets we have. And I think it's great that we've done this so efficiently. I mean, the fact that everybody I've spoken to is delighted. I heard not the slightest complaint. It just means job well done. |
| 00:49:31.94 | Thomas Theodores | Well, we have a new library. It's absolutely beautiful. And, I mean, I walked in there, and it was just like a completely new library. building all the space we have now and it's really just lovely. And I remember when this this issue with regards to how do we, address both all the needs of our community came up. about four years ago or so. And so I know it's been a long time coming. I want to thank. everyone who was involved in this, I want to thank Lauren and And the And John McCoy, Friends of the Library, Library Board of Trustees, the DPW staff, and all the volunteers who were involved. It was so wonderful to see the kind of the creative strategies you used to address the needs of the community, you know, setting up shop outside the library even. going that extra length to serve the needs. And the result is absolutely beautiful. It's something that we can all be proud of. And I'm also happy to hear you're planning some sort of a formal celebration of this accomplishment because it really is something to celebrate. And of course, Abbott, I want to say a very big thanks to you. You certainly hit the ground running on this, and already you've made a big impact to our community, and we all thank you very much. |
| 00:50:59.94 | Ray Withy | Thank you. And I also, oh, the comments that were made by my fellow colleagues. I will comment, it was amazing to watch how well you Abbott, how well you managed that lobby area with Auggie. I mean, she was right on it. The other comment was, when you go in and you see this new area, it's amazing how much lighter how much real brighter it is, and that really reflects it all the way through the whole library. I think it was a great job, a job well done. And Lauren, thank you. Okay, so at this time here, can we? Do you have any issue about where the funding is coming from? I don't think at this time here. |
| 00:51:49.69 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 00:51:49.79 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 00:51:52.64 | Thomas Theodores | Do we have anything that we need to vote on in this? Okay. Yes, if you want to. |
| 00:51:58.36 | Adam Politzer | Thank you. |
| 00:51:58.51 | Thomas Theodores | Go back. |
| 00:51:58.97 | Adam Politzer | and tell them that they have You have two choices on the funding staff. has put forward in this staff report and I think in, maybe it's even in the, Abbott, is it in the slide here? Can we go back? |
| 00:52:11.53 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 00:52:24.20 | Adam Politzer | So that's your options are there. |
| 00:52:28.33 | Lauren | As noted by Abbott, there are two options here. The reallocation of City Hall capital project funds. Essentially what that would do is augment the library's project funds with funds coming from various projects from DPW. In particular, we would be defunding portion of the City Hall door security capital improvement project for that, and for the That would be for some of our exterior doors here and moving forward to changing them out to how they are and adding a security system to the building. The other option here is a request of an allocation from the Library Capital Improvement Project and bringing out of that. And given that my understanding is that the funds belong to the city of Sausalito and it is the council that has some say over how and from where those funds are spent, Thank you. funds that belong to the City of Sausalito, and it is the Council that has some say over how and from where those funds are spent that is what is before the Council tonight. |
| 00:53:34.67 | Ray Withy | Could I just ask and clarify that the staff recommendation is that this should come from the City Hall Capital Project funds rather than the Library Capital Improvement Fund? Is that correct? |
| 00:53:34.82 | Lauren | I'm not sure. |
| 00:53:48.00 | Lauren | that. |
| 00:53:50.07 | Adam Politzer | Yeah, I mean, I think where there's a little cross-check there is that there was a debate about this. And I think the library and public works folks feel that the recommendation that's before you is appropriate. But it did raise the question, should this money come from the library fund? Because the majority of the work obviously took place in the library. So that's why there's an option for a council's consideration. Thank you. |
| 00:54:24.18 | Thomas Theodores | I'm still a little unclear. What is staff's recommendation on it, though? We had it. |
| 00:54:29.28 | Adam Politzer | Absolutely. He is punting to the council. |
| 00:54:30.95 | Thomas Theodores | So. |
| 00:54:31.96 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:54:31.97 | Thomas Theodores | Bye. |
| 00:54:32.03 | Adam Politzer | Huh? Thank you. because we put forward a recommendation. But what we're saying to you is that even at the staff level, there is not 100% concurrence. But obviously, Charlie and I signed the staff report, so we were okay with... |
| 00:54:35.25 | Thomas Theodores | Yeah. |
| 00:54:35.30 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:54:35.40 | Thomas Theodores | Well, |
| 00:54:35.86 | Unknown | We're going to... |
| 00:54:35.91 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 00:54:35.97 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 00:54:46.91 | Adam Politzer | the recommendation that was in the staff report. But if the council wants to have more discussion on that, obviously Abbott and Lauren are here to give you the pros and cons of either. And just the very small part of this, we have more than enough needs in City Hall Thank you. our windows, obviously we just finished our doors. The elevator, the break room that used to be the restroom, that is the restroom now that used to be the break room, there's still a need for that. We're all on the same team, we're all on the same building. and making sure that we use the funds as designated is important. So, you know, we apologize for putting the council in a tough spot, but ultimately, you know, the funds are being used to improve the quality of life in this building and for the community that use it. But we do have two options. |
| 00:55:48.55 | Thomas Theodores | I assume. Mr. Mayor, have you a question? Yes. |
| 00:55:51.46 | Adam Politzer | Yes. |
| 00:55:52.20 | Thomas Theodores | So I guess this is for Lauren or Adam. Is the capital projects funds, would the city hall doors be the only thing impacted? I mean, is this where we pull money for streets and tennis courts and stuff like that? Okay, just wanted to make sure. So the funds that were initially, that we're talking about really were initially |
| 00:56:11.03 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. Yes. |
| 00:56:20.80 | Thomas Theodores | going to be used for the city hall replacement of the doors. |
| 00:56:28.99 | Lauren | So when we came into the project, you know, it was after Abbott's presentation. The library had indicated they had a certain amount of capital funds to expand on this project. We acknowledged that there were going to be some issues with the electrical systems. So, you know, we – those have helped to upgrade the building. So those are, you know, legitimate funds, and we have an electrical upgrade fund for City Hall for some of that work. And for this particular – the doors and security, we have added the new doors for the main entrances for the building, and it's something that we want to proceed with and complete at some point. So that was one of the funds that we looked at. We've achieved with the doors some improvement to access, which is what the impact was. And also the security is something that we want to look forward to installing. We have the capability of installing a security system if we so desire at some point for this building. But that's the project that we reviewed and deemed as one that we could use for this project. if that answers your question. |
| 00:57:49.46 | Thomas Theodores | So the library capital improvement fund, that's a fund that's set aside specifically for these types of improvements to the library? Is that the case? Are they private funds? Are they... |
| 00:58:00.70 | Abbott | They... It's a great question. The Library Capital Improvement Fund is a strange creature. It actually built up over decades, I think, with annual funding from the state of California. I'm not sure historically if this figure was any larger, but up until the time that funding, that annual funding was cut off entirely at the beginning of 2012, it was $3,000 a year. |
| 00:58:01.49 | Thomas Theodores | It's a great question. |
| 00:58:28.07 | Abbott | So this is state money that's come to the library to be used on library projects very much like this one. It's meant to be for capital projects that are outside of normal operating expenditures. |
| 00:58:46.45 | Ray Withy | Any other questions? Thank you. |
| 00:58:48.97 | Thomas Theodores | Do we have a choice? Well, I do have one question. I assume since staff's punting and we're probably looking for a way to punt ourselves. But I take it it would not create any type of accounting difficulties if we took half out of the Capital Projects Fund and half from the Library Capital Improvement Fund. That's just a question. |
| 00:58:58.77 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 00:58:58.79 | Abbott | Uh, |
| 00:58:59.22 | Mary Wagner | you Thank you. but I take it it would not... |
| 00:59:11.93 | Adam Politzer | Thank you. |
| 00:59:11.95 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:59:12.08 | Adam Politzer | weekly that wouldn't create any problems no okay |
| 00:59:17.86 | Abbott | I think if I may comment, the library trustees would need to vote on that. Pending a consult with Mary Wagner, my understanding of the state library laws is that for monies like this that are intended for capital improvements, that the library board of trustees has been empowered to say yay or nay. Our next meeting would be in early April. |
| 00:59:31.69 | Mary Wagner | money. |
| 00:59:44.79 | Abbott | Okay, yes. |
| 00:59:45.80 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 00:59:46.12 | Thomas Theodores | Well, I will say that I like Councilmember Theodore's recommendation about half and half. I think that sounds fair to me. It's kind of a nice balance as opposed to, you know, the Library Capital Improvement Fund taking 100% of the hit or the other way around. |
| 01:00:06.69 | Thomas Theodores | Okay, so be it. I'll make a motion. Thank you. |
| 01:00:13.04 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 01:00:14.42 | Thomas Theodores | Let me find the... I move that we adopt a resolution authorizing a budget transfer, making a supplemental appropriation, authorize approval of change orders accepting the library, renovation improvements project as complete. and directing the filing of a notice of completion with the following caveat that we, for the $36,298 of the budget that we allocate 50% from the City Hall Capital Projects Fund, and 50 percent from the Library Capital Improvement Fund and that we uh, We request this approval from the library board. Thank you. |
| 01:01:00.62 | Ray Withy | Thank you. I'll second that. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed? |
| 01:01:03.71 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 01:01:03.81 | Abbott | Thank you. |
| 01:01:03.86 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 01:01:03.97 | Abbott | Bye. |
| 01:01:04.17 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 01:01:06.06 | Ray Withy | Okay. |
| 01:01:07.56 | Abbott | Thank you. Thank you very much. |
| 01:01:09.74 | Ray Withy | Thank you, Ed. Good job, Evan. All right, next we have the police department year end report. Shiv Tahara. Did we get you off guard? |
| 01:01:25.78 | Unknown | Hehehehe. |
| 01:01:26.07 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 01:01:26.27 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 01:01:26.29 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 01:01:26.71 | Ray Withy | Thank you. Do you have the right to remain silent? |
| 01:01:39.34 | Ray Withy | Thank you again, Abbott. |
| 01:01:46.24 | Ray Withy | Thanks for coming, Barbara. Yeah. |
| 01:02:00.50 | Jennifer Tejada | Good evening. If you will pull up the first presentation, it's the... end of your report. |
| 01:02:30.50 | Jennifer Tejada | Good evening, Chief Tejada, at your pleasure, City Councilmembers, Mayor Weiner, City Clerk, City Manager, City Attorney, and audience, thank you for your attention tonight. We actually have three presentations for you tonight. One is the statistical year-end report, which I'm going to go through. Then Sergeant Frost is going to give you an overview of our Marine Patrol Program. Sergeant Gregory is going to do an annual report that's all-encompassing showing our programs and efforts in the community throughout the year. So we'll start with this. You've received a staff report with these statistics. It is self-explanatory, so I'm going to go through it, and then if you have any questions at the end, I'll take them. We remain... fairly steady in our calls for service with some variations over the crimes that we respond to. The 2008 spike in DUIs is because we had some officers who were very active in that area back in 2008. So the decrease is due to staffing changes and also focus on where our priorities are. And also, all of the efforts around DUI enforcement actually had an impact in changing that driving behavior. So it's a combination of things. You will see on this chart the things that are of concern to me me and will drive our priorities for the next year are the spikes in property crimes. And this is somewhat related to our economic situation. It's also related to having more criminals released from prison under the governor's restructuring program. So we are seeing that we're touched. We don't have any of them Um, in Sausalito living here. The county is doing a great job tracking who they are, but we are seeing some of the impacts in our crime stats. We've had a significant increase in thefts, in petty thefts, and also an increase in residential burglaries, commercial burglaries, which is the non-residential chart. This is just to give you a view of our custodial activity. So when we take someone into custody, 5150 is a mental health evaluation. And so we are taking that person's freedom away, so we include that in our charts. And then the other figure is arrest, both misdemeanor and felonies. |
| 01:05:29.29 | Jennifer Tejada | Traffic is always a concern in Sausalito, both because of the volume of people who come through here on bicycles and vehicles and tour buses, but also the nature, the geographic... What's the word I'm looking for? Our narrow, winding streets cause us to have accidents just by by virtue of the fact that the streets are narrow and we have big cars trying to maneuver up and down. It's more a reflection of that than it is on people driving unsafely. Sometimes you just can't make it through without having an accident. The cyclists, that is a concern of ours because we have put a lot of effort into monitoring intersections for cyclists who are ignoring traffic laws. And every week on our weekly report, the officers are showing that they're stopping them and they're advising them of the danger of their ways. Traffic citations, we have an increase in our moving violations, so that's anything from a traffic stop to a traffic stop with a citation. Not all traffic, not all moving violations end up in a citation. And then our parking violations have increased also. We have a very active, of course you know, for parking enforcement officers who are very good about making sure that traffic is moving downtown and that people have an opportunity to park when they come to town and that we don't have people abusing the parking privileges. Service delivery calls remain constant. It averages about 1,000 a month. |
| 01:07:20.92 | Jennifer Tejada | And that the calls for service does not include false alarm responses or in addition to that, which is a concern because, you know, it's in from my point of view, a false response to a false alarm and especially a repeated false alarm is a service that I'm delivering to the alarm company for free. Sometimes we're at the same house two or three times. So it is an extra drain on our resources that I wish we didn't have. Extra patrols, the officers are active out there. It means that they're out of their car. They're walking around. They're just doing that extra diligence, making sure everything looks the way it should. I always like to look back and see where we were and where we are now. And so this is our comparison to 2002. You'll see that there's definitely an increase. And so why do I use 2002? If you paid attention last time, you'd know Thank you. I used 2002 because our staffing was significantly higher in 2002. We had six more officers. So again, in case you didn't hear me last time, we are doing way more with way less. And I have to commend my staff because they do a great job out there. They are professional. They're committed. Sometimes we have one sergeant, one officer on the street, and that's it. But they go to every call as if it's a fresh call, and they're ready to serve this community with the greatest professionalism and spirit. So you see a significant increase in Part I and Part II crimes, and even compared to last year, we see the same. And it just comes back to that extra criminal element that's out in the community. And they're not necessarily coming from Marin, but we see them coming from Richmond, from Oakland, from San Francisco. We seem to have quite a few who like to come up to Sausalito. But, you know, it's because we live in a beautiful place, and that's where you come when you want to take other people's things. I always like to include our volunteers. This is also a service that we get for free. And this is a group of 27 individuals who devote their free time to helping us complete our mission. And they are fabulous. I can ask these people to do anything from traffic control to search and rescue, helping us when we have a search situation for old elderly people who walk away. And even to when we had our rash of residential burglaries, said, can we get a neighborhood patrol watch together? Within 24 hours, I had six of them trained and out in the hills, driving around in their volunteer car, in the early hours of the morning from like 11 p.m. until 4 a.m. And so they're just wonderful people, and we could not be what we are without their help. So I want to make sure we recognize that. That's a quick overview of our stats. We have more information for you. I'll take questions on that if you have any. |
| 01:10:36.10 | Thomas Theodores | THE END OF THE END OF THE Yes, thank you for the presentation, Chief. And on the burglaries, and particularly some of the more recent burglaries were not reflected on these statistics. |
| 01:10:40.23 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:10:40.28 | Jennifer Tejada | AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO |
| 01:10:47.00 | Thomas Theodores | And could you give us a little bit more detail as to what you think the cause of this increase in burglaries, both real recently but also over the last several years, and what we're doing about it? |
| 01:11:01.39 | Jennifer Tejada | Well... That's...so what's the cause of burglaries? Well, there are people out there who like to steal other people's things. That's one piece of it. And why do they want to do that? A lot of...I would say the majority of our suspects have some connection to narcotics. So they're using it to help feed their habit. What's the other piece of it? We live in a community where people are not door lockers. And that is a big part of it. And so if you read our reports, you would see that car burglaries, a laptop was taken from the back seat. It was in plain view. So really, the greatest prevention tool that we have is within the community. So if members take precautions, close doors, don't leave valuables in plain sight, don't leave windows open, don't leave your garage open, |
| 01:11:26.75 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:11:55.52 | Jennifer Tejada | A lot of things get taken out of garages that have been left open. And in addition to that, take care of each other. If you see something that doesn't look right in your community, say something about it. It's the see something, say something philosophy. It's okay to say something. It's okay to call us if you've think it doesn't feel right if it doesn't look right. It's our job to figure out if it is right or wrong call us, and I encourage everyone in the community to sort of live by that sort of philosophy. See something, say something, and an example of that is our multi-million dollar yacht that was stolen A lady down at the marina. saw some individuals. She didn't recognize them. Their activities looked like they didn't belong in the marina. And she took a picture. See something, say something, take a picture, send it to us, let us figure it out. It really helps us, and it'll help the communities be safer. Create a neighborhood watch, a tree phone system so everybody can talk to each other. If you're going on vacation, let your neighbor know. |
| 01:13:01.69 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 01:13:02.70 | Jennifer Tejada | Let them know if you have a dog sitter or a cat sitter. but communicate with each other. What have we done? We've done outreach through the media. We have Nixle. We have Twitter. We put information on the website. We put out press releases when we have a series of burglaries. And then we most recently bought a little plastic. It was actually Corporal Shoup who came up with this idea. One of those little plastic leaflet holders, and he put one up on the fence at the dog park so that those people would know, hey, don't leave your valuables in plain sight in your cars, take care of your property, secure it so you don't become a victim of theft. So that's sort of a snapshot of what we do. |
| 01:13:51.57 | Ray Withy | Thank you. Any other questions? |
| 01:13:54.01 | Thomas Theodores | Oh, yes. Thank you, Ms. Mayor. So I have a quick question, and it regards the VIPs. Okay, so I do this little newsletter, and I did a survey about like three months ago. I haven't, to be honest, I haven't, |
| 01:13:59.81 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:14:08.31 | Thomas Theodores | calculated all the responses. but a very high percentage, one of the questions I asked was how often do you see And you know what I'm going to say, a bicycle running a red light, you know, in town. And the other question, one of the other questions was, you know, how often do you see a bicycle, you know, not stopping for pedestrians? And I can't respond yet on the numbers because I haven't calculated it yet. But I can see that a high percentage have so far responded |
| 01:14:33.51 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 01:14:33.58 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:14:33.64 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 01:14:39.41 | Thomas Theodores | in And I had a scale from like never to sometimes, often, all the way up to every time I drive through town. And from the responses I'm seeing, it's like incredibly high response every time I drive through town. So my question is, because I know I see our officers out there, especially on Saturday mornings, which is great. And I know that our resources are also constrained. Thank you. And so my question was, could we use VIPS for... I mean, possibly for any kind of just a presence, maybe if they saw the VIPs there, maybe they would stop for the pedestrians. What's your opinion on that? |
| 01:15:23.69 | Jennifer Tejada | Yes, I think we could use Vips in that way. certainly, but we can't use them for enforcement. but just the presence of somebody in a uniform that looks official does have an impact on behavior. And so one of the things that we do When we have an extra vehicle, We put it out at different locations. You'll see it. They're empty. But even though people know they're empty, they tell me, gosh darn it, I slow down every time I see it. I know there's no cop in that car. So the visual cues work. Um, I have to be cautious about stretching the VIPs too thin. They give us an awful lot of their time. They do vacation checks. They do the neighborhood checks. They do court runs for us. They work the front counter They do a lot for us, but I will keep it in mind and I will present it to them and maybe we can brainstorm something for the summer months that They can help us out with yeah, I appreciate that. Thank you. Thanks. Just quick questions |
| 01:16:16.01 | Thomas Theodores | month. |
| 01:16:20.66 | Thomas Theodores | THE END OF |
| 01:16:23.60 | Ray Withy | Okay, any other questions? Tom? |
| 01:16:26.54 | Thomas Theodores | Can you speak to how our crime statistics compare to other cities in Marin County, specifically Mill Valley, Corte Madera, Green Bay, similar type Larkspur? |
| 01:16:37.49 | Jennifer Tejada | You know, I haven't, I probably should have taken a look at theirs before I came here, anticipating that question, but I'll get back to you on that. My sense is that it's going to be a similar trend as ours. |
| 01:16:53.22 | Adam Politzer | Chief, do you want to... similar to that, do you want to talk a little bit about the shared services and detective pool and how you guys are working regionally is that Where's that going to come later? |
| 01:17:04.57 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 01:17:04.74 | Jennifer Tejada | Thank you. Yeah, that's going to come later. |
| 01:17:07.58 | Thomas Theodores | Can I ask one more question on just these statistics? I did notice that you have foot patrols. |
| 01:17:10.43 | Jennifer Tejada | Mm-hmm. |
| 01:17:13.52 | Thomas Theodores | And the number of foot patrols is significantly down. And could you describe what a foot patrol is why it may be down. I wasn't sure what it meant. |
| 01:17:20.23 | Jennifer Tejada | That's what it meant. It's not really down. It's because we moved from capturing it as a foot patrol to capturing it as an extra patrol. And we're trying to, we have a very very, very cumbersome statistical data system. It is probably the worst that you could have. So it takes a great deal of time to pull it all together. And I have to give credit to Susan Barnes and Captain Robarker. They've been working diligently to try and make sense of it. When you have an officer calling out an extra patrol and a dispatcher putting it in as a directed patrol, and we're looking for a foot patrol. Well, we're not going to get our stat, so we have to sometimes go through it manually and figure it out. So that's the long answer. It's the same now. Thank you. trying to get everybody to say extra patrol |
| 01:18:21.22 | Thomas Theodores | Mr. Mayor, I have another question. So with the moving violations, I had a question about that. It says 844. Do we know what percentage of those or how many were bicycles versus cars? Thank you. |
| 01:18:38.03 | Jennifer Tejada | I'm not sure. |
| 01:18:38.43 | Thomas Theodores | you |
| 01:18:38.70 | Jennifer Tejada | That figure is actually incorrect. It was one of the last ones that we caught after the staff report went out, so it is 1,804, I think, something like that. It's on the slide. |
| 01:18:49.62 | Thomas Theodores | Wow. Great. |
| 01:18:56.69 | Jennifer Tejada | Thank you for having me go somewhere else. And that's okay. |
| 01:19:00.42 | Thomas Theodores | And that's okay if you don't have that breakdown, because I can follow up with you. |
| 01:19:04.59 | Jennifer Tejada | I can all get that information to you. Thank you. |
| 01:19:08.23 | Thomas Theodores | . |
| 01:19:08.74 | Jennifer Tejada | Thank you. |
| 01:19:08.77 | Thomas Theodores | That's fine. |
| 01:19:17.18 | Unknown | Oh, great. |
| 01:19:19.42 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 01:19:22.65 | Unknown | Mm-hmm. |
| 01:19:29.36 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 01:19:32.72 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 01:19:32.74 | Ray Withy | Tom. |
| 01:19:33.43 | Thomas Theodores | Oh, and I agree with you that we need to participate as citizens and watch each other and keep our eyes open. And the neighborhood watches are important. And I probably should know this, |
| 01:19:40.25 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 01:19:45.73 | Thomas Theodores | Do you have assistance for little groups of neighbors to organize neighborhood watches |
| 01:19:48.75 | Jennifer Tejada | Thank you. Yes, absolutely, just call. Bicycle citations 169. |
| 01:19:58.71 | Thomas Theodores | Amen. Mr. Mayor, another question. And how does, is that up or down from last year? Do we have any trends that you've noticed? |
| 01:20:00.95 | Jennifer Tejada | Another question. |
| 01:20:01.34 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 01:20:10.11 | Jennifer Tejada | I, you know what, I don't have last year's figure in front of me on this, but I'm gonna guess that it's lower. I'm going to guess that it's lower because some of our proactive enforcement is down because of staffing. Staffing has been down an average of 20%. And then we had an officer who was out with an injury, which is when you only have 10 officers on the street, Three officers is a big chunk, 30%. So we had, and then with mandatory trainings, we really focused on trainings. Our staffing was really stretched thin, and so a lot not a lot, some of the proactive areas like the bicycle enforcement. We use the cars, we use the trailer, we use visual cues because we just simply didn't have the body. In addition to that, The bicycle citations are are super challenging in a patrol car, And so that's why we have the motorcycle that we have on loan. We don't have it every day, but I expect to see a significant impact with our two dual-purpose motorcycles because the ability to get around town, to turn around, come back, and talk to the cyclists, stop them, is it's a much more efficient method of doing that kind of patrol and enforcement than in a big car. So I expect to see bigger citations in that area and warnings and reduction in collisions. |
| 01:21:52.93 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 01:21:54.57 | Jennifer Tejada | Thank you. |
| 01:21:54.59 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. And yeah, I can, yeah, the motorcycle, certainly I can see that logic because they go so, the cyclists, they go so fast, they're just zoom. Right. And you're like, wait a minute, you almost hit this person. Yeah. |
| 01:22:04.86 | Mary Wagner | like. |
| 01:22:09.02 | Ray Withy | Okay. Any questions from the public at this time? Okay, let's bring it back up for comments. You know, I'd like to comment that on the statistic talking about accidents involving bicycles, it's still a very, very low, very low percentage because it's estimated that we went from about... 280,000 bikes to about 320,000 bikes. this last year, so that still is a significantly on percentages very, very low. And a lot of that has to do with Sergeant Frass right behind you. Because if anybody that I've seen that really is on bicycles, it's Bill. So thank you very much for that, Bill. I think you have made a difference that in the bicycle community, the word gets out that you ride through Sausalito. Make sure Bill's not on it. So thanks again. Okay. That's it. Thank you. |
| 01:23:25.27 | Jennifer Tejada | I like to. Thank you so much for your time. So now I would like to introduce Sergeant Frost. He's going to give you an overview of our Marine Patrol program and what they've been up to in the last year. We're also, this is part of a shared service that we've really focused on developing also, is our Marine Patrol program in partnership with the United States Coast Guard. So you've noticed that we have three very important-looking people here tonight, and we have Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Moore, who is the man in charge and someone to whom we are very grateful because he allows our officers to train and to I think, ride on one of their big boats one day. And they also help us. So when we're down in staffing and our boat requires two officers, if we only have one, we often have the benefit of having Coast Guard personnel here. So with Chief Officer Moore is Petty Officer Corey Demaree and Petty Officer Randy Perry. And the partnership is truly appreciated by the police department, and I'd like you tonight to really understand what it is. It gives us the opportunity to do so much more for the waterfront and the community, as well as building relationships with a federal agency. So we have a small token of appreciation for them tonight. Bill had these challenge coins made, and they're Marine Patrol challenge coins. They're very rare. They're only given to special people. And so I would like to present them to you tonight as a small token of our appreciation for what you do. |
| 01:25:45.62 | Unknown | Excuse me for two seconds as I fix the audio-visual components. |
| 01:26:10.30 | Thomas Theodores | Officer Frass, while you're setting... Oh, you've already set that up. |
| 01:26:19.76 | Unknown | Well, good evening, Mr. Mayor. Council members, Mr. City Manager, and distinguished guests. Tonight I have the honor of presenting the 2012 year in review for the Marine Patrol unit. I have to bring the Marine Patrol Unit Supervisor for about three and a half years. And it has been one of the funnest, one of the most challenging, and |
| 01:26:39.34 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 01:26:39.35 | Unknown | in the engine. |
| 01:26:39.98 | Mary Wagner | And... |
| 01:26:40.79 | Unknown | Probably the most beneficial duty I have had. I wear a couple different hats. I love all the hats I wear, but this one, is truly a joy. Yeah. Last year, 2012, the unit launched 70 times. Those were for mandated patrols. Those were for emergencies on the waterways. That is slightly down from 2011. We also logged in 2012 279 hours. While that was down from 2011, it's still significantly higher than any of the other years we had. However, due to patrol shortages, We actually had to cancel numerous patrols last year. the end. If we would not have had to cancel those because of patrol shortages, we would have surpassed the 300 hours mark on the water. by several hours. In addition to the hours we accumulate on the water, We have an active standby. ability. Because we do have so many officers trained to operate our boat and qualified to operate our boat, we're one of the few law enforcement agencies that can launch at 3 o'clock in the morning. We almost have 24-hour-a-day capability to launch. We amassed 7,260 hours of standby time. |
| 01:27:59.95 | Mary Wagner | We imagine. |
| 01:28:04.71 | Unknown | This means we had an officer available to respond to an emergency on the waterway in 15 minutes or less. That is a response time that could You go to larger agencies, you go to other departments, that response time can't be beat. |
| 01:28:23.64 | Unknown | Now, what are we patrolling? Well, the waterfront area is our BEEP 3. Right now, because of staffing ability, we, on average, are patrolling the waterfront for anywhere from 4 to 12 hours a week. Ideally, we would like to be able to patrol much more because we could have much more impact on the waterfront as well as the people on the waterfront. However, in the hours we do have on the waterfront, we are making a difference. And why are we making the difference? Well, it's not because of me as a talking head up here. It's because of the other six officers that are assigned to the team. If you look. we have And if you're looking at our patrol force of 10 to 11 officers, including corporals, having. Six of them, including one sergeant, that's a good majority of our patrol team that could launch. and be operational on that vessel. accomplishments. Once again, we have banner accomplishments throughout the year. 127 Homeland Security checks of critical infrastructure. That's the Golden Gate Bridge. That's our ferry landing. That's the Army Corps of Engineers, any gas pumps, as well as assisting the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies in protecting Alcatraz and other areas that may be deemed important. We performed 218 security patrols in the various marinas and harbors in Sausalito. That is checking on, making sure our properties are correct, making sure boats are safe, making sure the people who are living and who are visiting those harbors are safe and making sure that nobody's praying. to on those harbors for stealing or theft. We contacted 338 citizens regarding non-law enforcement maritime matters. There were people asking for help people that have questions, people that just want to know about, hey, How did I... get to Point Richmond from here, I'm kind of lost. Or, oh, this is the San Francisco Richmond Bay, kind of interesting. so that we have made positive contacts with them. on the enforcement side and making sure everybody's safe, we terminated 19 voyages for vessels operating unsafely in Richardson Bay. We made five water rescues. from San Francisco and Richardson's Bay. The biggest accomplishment we had last year, which is not listed on this slide because I can't fit it, it's such a big thing, was we have improved our relationship with the 10 times in full. In the past, they were very hesitant to contact the police department now. We have people actively soliciting us. asking for help, asking for assistance reporting crimes. They want us to know what is going on there. We are also now meeting with the Waterfront in the Anchor Out community on a quarterly basis to make sure that we're able to understand them. see their points of views, combine our philosophies with their philosophies, and also keep better in touch. This is something that has been seldom seen in the past. |
| 01:31:27.86 | Unknown | six years to test. Comparison regarding stats. As you can see we started out in 2007 It started dwindling because of patrol shortages and other issues. And then in 2010, we started building back up. we are becoming more and more proactive each year. As you look at the numbers, we contact more individuals. Our arrests usually stay about the same. One of the reasons our arrests dropped last year last year compared to 2011. IS, people knowing that we're on the water. People know that we work with the Coast Guard. The criminals don't like that. They don't like the fact that people are working together to try to stop them. And they have flat out told us we won't come to certain areas because You guys are give us too much trouble. We could go other places where they're not going to bother us. You look, our numbers, they're consistent, but they're fair. You look at the enforcement action, you see 46 citations, five arrests. Well... That right now is 51 incidents. When you add the 179 contacts we had for law enforcement matters, With the 338 other citizen contacts we have, we have well over 500 contacts on the water. That means in less than 10% of our contacts, enforcement punitive action was taken. We're out there helping people, not just being the heavy, strong arm of the law. But when we do take enforcement action, what causes us to take enforcement action? Well, We concentrate on a few things. One of them is environmental factors. These are photographs that were taken on patrols during Richardson, on Richardson Bay. On the top left, that's an antifreeze can that's leaking, leaking all over the deck over the side and into the bay. right next to it is a spray can pee that was barely hanging on. BELOW THAT. you have an exposed can of propane that's not secured right on the edge of a boat. You have a bucket that has opened oil cans. paint cans and other miscellaneous and poisonous hazardous items. Non-security. a hard wave hits that boat, those items go in and pull loose the bay. And do these items ever fall off? Well, then you see in the upper right-hand corner, you see a suitcase full of every kind of trash and garbage known to man that me and another officer one day had to lift out of the bay. It took us almost an hour and a half to collect all that. Do you think of the kind of trash and kind of garbage It was in there. I mean, you couldn't stump us on what was found in there. That could have fouled a propeller. That could have endangered sea life. That could have actually endangered a swimmer. It could get people sick. That's why we concentrate in the environment. Other aspects we do are safety. The person there with a happy face He is on a vessel which was held together by tape and good luck, I'm guessing. He had no safety devices at all. No whistles. or a no sounding device to let other boats know he's in the area. No personal flotation device. as well as Well, that boat's not going to catch on fire. Well, it might. MR. If it would have been a bigger boat, he wouldn't have been able to extinguish anything. And why are we caring about safety devices? And why do we care if a person wears a life jacket? According to the Coast Guard stats, and the most updated ones were 2011, 758 boating fatalities occurred in 2011. Out of these 758 fatalities, 533 of them were from drownings. 84% of those drownings or because the person who fell in the water did not have a personal flotation device. We have seen drownings in. Richardson Bay. We have seen deaths on Richardson's Bay. checking through Coast Guard stats, which they very happily give us. I'm very happy to visit you. saves me from having to go through every computer database in the world. Richardson Bay. in the last six years has had more deaths than the Port of Los Angeles. Petaluma River. Napa River. and Mendocino River. That is why. we are out there enforcing public safety and enforcing safety violations because we don't to see deaths on the waterway. And what we also look for speed. That's all that speed. Right there is a photograph. of a vessel that was traveling way too fast that was in a fatal accident, and one person died. We have had fatal boat accidents on Richardson Bay before. As a detective, 10 years ago, I investigated a double fatal boat accident because people were going too fast, showing off, weren't able to control that vessel. Two people died. This year alone, we arrested two people for reckless boating, for speeding, going so fast, and dodging other boats, 30 miles per hour in the anchorage, missing boats by feet. The other person arrested for going. about 25, 30 miles per hour, 50 feet away from a person on a paddleboard. We're swimming. Per definition, that's reckless, that's dangerous. We're out there not. to get somebody who's going one mile per hour over the speed limit, but to protect everybody. And you see the causes of enforcement Well, those are the causes. but why we conduct enforcement and why the reasons for the enforcement. quality of life, enhancing everybody's quality of life. You see that one picture at the beach. You have swimmers. You have kayakers, you have paddle boarders, You have recreational, and in the background, You have the anchor outs and the living boards. |
| 01:37:12.49 | Unknown | you |
| 01:37:12.71 | Unknown | We have wildlife. got the sea lions. You got the birds that sometimes mistake our boat for some dots and stuff and come flying at us. And That's pretty scary when you have a very angry bird flying right at you. You don't want to see that often. But we're doing that key. Richardson, they say, and make it a better place for everybody to enjoy. |
| 01:37:40.75 | Unknown | We like to train. We concentrate on trading. One of the highlights we had this year. in 2012 is on two dates, July 16th, And August 13th, we teamed up. the US Coast Guard. The Twin Cities, now Central Marin Regional Response Team and the Golden Gate Ferry in order to conduct 24 hours of maritime interdiction training. During these trainings, we focused on responding to emergency incidents on the water. such as an active shooter, a hostage situation, or in the worst case, a terrorist situation, because Fairies are easy targets. And we focused on conducting law enforcement operations, such as arrest and search warrants, from. calls for services that just go bad. Um, We did this on big ferries. We did this on smaller boats. We wanted to be prepared. This training, which included the use of role players to simulate actual people that we have to deal with, separating who are the good people, who are the bad people, finding the people that are injured. and taking the necessary action. And- what are we use, simunition marking rounds. And for people that don't know what Simunition marketing rounds are, imagine A paintball that moves a lot faster and it hurts a lot more. That shows us. making sure that when we're out there and if we have to use force on the water, we're trained and we know if we have to deploy our weapons. We're going to be safe doing so. This training was extremely successful. Equipment, we focused this year on obtaining safety equipment for the unit. You can see we received a $4,000 grant from the California Department of Voting and Water Waste to get water survival suits, safety goggles, and safety helmets. U.S. Coast Guard Station Golden Gate donated another $4,000 worth of surplus water survival suits for us. These suits will allow our officers to be able to operate in inclement weather. when it's raining, when it's cold, when water temperatures, or two. so low that it's unsafe for an officer to be wearing just a regular life jacket We have the equipment to be able to go out in the worst weather and be able to help. people. The US Army Corps of Engineers are partners in the safe boat Outfitted Marine One, our vessel, with a new light bar, a new siren and hailing system, and a search light. which makes it very good for nighttime operations. We went out and we purchased enhanced personal flotation devices for each member of the unit. up in the, right top corner, you see that black vest. That vest will stay on an officer if they fell out of a boat going to 100 miles per hour. We're never going to be going that fast, but that's what we keep our officers safe. Well, I don't know. You might get a ticket for speeding. He drives fast. |
| 01:40:26.18 | Ray Withy | and might get a ticket for speeding. |
| 01:40:30.68 | Unknown | Out of this $10,000 worth of equipment, In 2012, the city only expended $1,500 of funds. We were able to get it from outside partners and through grants. We're always looking at enhancing through as many different ways as possible. And it's like the chief said, The Sasso Police Department and the Coast Guard's partnership is growing stronger. We had a strong relationship in 2011. It has grown in leaps and bounds. We're working in partnership to address the crime and quality of life issues on the water and helping to develop solid solutions for the issues we're facing. Last year, we had seven different petty officers. patrol with us throughout the year. And we amassed 119 hours of joint patrol. During these patrols, we made law enforcement contacts, we made citizen contacts, we conducted And we addressed the quality of life issues on the water. Our partnership is so strong. And so beneficial. that, When – The URS Corporation, which is a private company that's hired by government entities to do studies was conducting a survey regarding maritime public safety as it relates to America's Cup They were going through and interviewing and taking surveys. They termed that our partnership with the Station Golden Gate. is a best practice and said it should be emulated by other law enforcement agencies. Um, My personal gratitude for Chief Morton Officer Moore for continuing on. with the great leadership and allowing his organization to partner with us is I'm internally Petty Officer Demery, he is more than just somebody who comes and rides with us. He has proven himself. We consider him part of our team. and Petty Officer Perry. He has started patrolling with us and has shown the qualities of a highly competent law enforcement officer, and he's very brand new to his career in that aspect. They're welcome to ride with us anytime when we thoroughly enjoy working with them. Recognition and commendations. This is the fun part of the job. Last year, Officer Rogers received a commendation for rescuing four people in a dengue outside of the Gornin Gate. Petty Officer Demery was with him when this occurred. There were two elderly subjects. One. male and one child. They were in a small dinghy, eight foot. They lost power. They were being washed out. past the Golden Gate towards the Pacific. in high winds and strong currents. They were able to get to him. They were able to bring them back safely. the U.S. Coast Guard captain and command of Sector San Francisco. provided us a thank you letter for conducting a law enforcement operation on Richardson Bay during fleet which is keeping the boating community safe. And U.S. Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is the highest-ranking military officer in America, He presented me on behalf of the Marine Patrol unit with a Chairman's Challenge coin in recognition for the Marine Patrol's cooperative work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the United States Coast Guard. I accepted that on behalf of the unit because it's the unit's team. the department's work that have earned that. And with that said, If anybody has any questions, I'll be happy to answer them. |
| 01:43:49.94 | Ray Withy | That's a great presentation, Bill. It really is. Any questions? |
| 01:43:53.13 | Thomas Theodores | Yeah. Mr. Mayor, I have a few questions. Yeah, Officer Frass, congratulations. This was very inspiring to listen to I was just curious, I remember earlier in your presentation you said that you were averaging about, I guess, four to 12 hours a week. Is that one officer, two officers? Is it a cumulative? I was just curious about the resource loading on that. |
| 01:44:19.44 | Unknown | We average 4 to 12 hours a week. There are some weeks where we can't get on the water. There are some weeks we could get more. We always staff our boat with two officers. |
| 01:44:24.08 | Thomas Theodores | or somebody |
| 01:44:28.18 | Unknown | be it a Sassou police officer always, and then one of our partners from Station Golden Gate or another law enforcement agency. |
| 01:44:36.77 | Thomas Theodores | So then that's two officers and four to 12 hours each? Or is it? It's 12. OK. OK, great. |
| 01:44:41.72 | Jan Fidler | Thank you. |
| 01:44:44.62 | Thomas Theodores | And I actually had a follow-up, a question about the anchor outs. So with the Anchor Out population, I know that at some point there was a concern because it seemed to be kind of getting a little... Have you seen a trend of more? I know that you were doing outreach to help some of the Anchor Out with finding homes and kind of helping them with this... kind of quality of life. And I was just wondering, have you seen a trend in terms of the populations of the anchor outs going up or down or stable? As a result of your outreach efforts. |
| 01:45:21.76 | Unknown | as a result. Well, the Homeless Outreach Program, which is headed by Sergeant Gregory, has reached out and assisted the anchor outs by assisting looking for shelter, getting them services, and helping them in many other aspects. Regarding the population, it's very transitory. You see during the summer months, you see more people living out in the Bay. During the winter months, you see less people. You also see boats moving out there, going from further into the bay, closer to shoreline So to say that at any one time, is it going to be higher or lower? It depends on the season. |
| 01:46:01.84 | Thomas Theodores | Okay, thank you. And I actually had a question for Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Moore, if I may. Thank you, sir, for coming. And also thank you to Chief for coming, also to Petty Officer DeMory and Petty Officer Perry. Thank you very much. My question to you was, we have just listened to Officer Frass talk about the trends of kind of the arrests and the safety violations. And I was wondering, have you seen trends in the last, this year compared to last year in the ramp up to the Americas Cup? Do you see more safety issues or is it the same or thefts? |
| 01:46:47.65 | Unknown | For me to base it, actually, I took over command in June. Oh, OK. So everything that I'm basing stuff is |
| 01:46:51.37 | Thomas Theodores | Oh, okay. |
| 01:46:55.55 | Unknown | kind of moving forward and taking on from my predecessor. Pedestero Demery, though, he was here last year and can kind of contest what was on, you know, what happened the year before. But what we're kind of noticing is, and we see the issues in Richardson's Bay and some of the safety issues and as it expands outside the bay. So that's why we're kind of stepping up our patrols and our efforts, reached out to some If she can say our, staffing personnel out at headquarters to try and increase the number of people that we have so that we can actually support these missions with the number of people that we need to. So they've been nice to us. We're only billeted, and that's our staffing standards for one law enforcement specialist. I have three now, and I'm hoping to have six. So we're hoping that we can build upon that so we can help with this partnership. But as far as like trends from last year to this year, I don't really have any numbers for you. So I'm going to go off of what the numbers that you were given earlier and whatever we can do to help. |
| 01:47:47.26 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 01:47:47.29 | Thomas Theodores | Mm-hmm. |
| 01:47:47.63 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 01:47:51.02 | Thomas Theodores | Mm-hmm. Oh, we, I certainly appreciate your help and your outreach and your partnering with our, with our group here. So did you have any questions for us? the chair. |
| 01:48:03.35 | Ray Withy | No, but there has been an increase, and one of the reasons that anchor routes have increased was because I believe that down in Redwood City, they closed that facility where there were anchor routes, and welcome to Sausalito. You've seen them come up. |
| 01:48:03.39 | Thomas Theodores | you |
| 01:48:22.86 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you very much, Chief. |
| 01:48:24.74 | Ray Withy | Yes, right? |
| 01:48:26.73 | Ray Withy | Thank you for that presentation. Do any of the other Richardson Bay law enforcement agencies have a Marine Patrol like we do? And what sort of coordination is there around Richardson Bay for that? |
| 01:48:48.90 | Unknown | The other law enforcement agency with assets on the water is the Marin County Sheriff's Office. We're in constant contact with the Sheriff's Office Marine Patrol Unit. We hold monthly to bimonthly meetings with the Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Coast Guard, and at bringing in our partner agency from San Rafael because the people that we're dealing with here, they also travel to San Rafael. We keep in constant contact by face-to-face communications. you telephone calls, text messages, emails, We are constantly communicating and discussing all the matters on the water and combining |
| 01:49:40.05 | Thomas Theodores | Well, I want to thank you very much again, Officer Frass, for all your hard work and the amazing, just, you know, the impact that we're seeing here. It's very, like I said, inspiring. It's helpful for the community, and it's helpful for the environment. And without a doubt, you know, lives are being touched on this. And, of course, personally, I'm hoping that we can, you know, perhaps help, you know, the anchor out community a little bit more, you know, from an environmental standpoint, you know, with respect to outreach and possibly resettling. Um, But I really appreciate everything that you are doing and your team. You know, it's just great. It's wonderful. And I also want to thank our Coast Guard officers for coming tonight, this evening. We're honored to have you here, and we really appreciate your partnership. and your help with the training. |
| 01:50:44.88 | Thomas Theodores | I'll just echo those comments and thank you for a wonderful presentation. It's really very interesting. It's things that we don't really see in our normal lives and it's really important for us to know what you're doing on the waterfront to protect our precious waterfront. And I want to thank our guests, the Coast Guard officers, and for all the service and help they're doing as well. |
| 01:51:06.25 | Ray Withy | Yeah, I agree with all of that. And I think beat three is really important. And in the next, in the coming months when we're talking about resources, I'd like to try and figure out how we can increase it. |
| 01:51:22.55 | Ray Withy | I think there's nothing. |
| 01:51:24.00 | Unknown | to be able to get the |
| 01:51:24.19 | Ray Withy | you more to say other than what has already been said. other than um, Sausalito has the greatest impact on the water of all the cities that are here in Southern Marin. I believe that Mill Valley has, I believe, one Belvedere and Tiburon, they're the recipients of the boats when they get washed across. But nonetheless, 80% of the waterfront is Sausalito. So I think you have done a terrific job. And I want to thank the Coast Guard for working with us on that. And we have probably a bigger task coming, but thank you very much. Okay. Thank you, Bill. |
| 01:52:21.00 | Ray Withy | No, there's one more coming up. You have Stacy. |
| 01:52:24.18 | Unknown | Thank you. you Thank you. |
| 01:53:13.15 | Thomas Theodores | There it is. |
| 01:53:26.43 | SPEAKER_01 | That's it. Good evening, Mayor, Councilmembers, City Staff, Sergeant Stacy Gregory, and I'm here to report on the end of the year accomplishments, highlights, upcoming projects, and what we've accomplished in 2012. |
| 01:53:48.70 | SPEAKER_01 | Just go over our mission statement for those of you who don't know it. With integrity and professionalism, we are dedicated to working in partnership with our community to enhance safety, quality of life, and community trust. That's the motto that we operate by. think about when we're out on patrol, when we're contacting people. And I think in the slides and the projects and accomplishments that I'm going to show you tonight, you're going to see how we incorporate that into our daily Patrol, you know, all of our work that we do out there in the community. We try our best to be involved in the community, not just in a law enforcement aspect, but in a human aspect. We're out there and we're part of the community and they see us as human beings and not just what we wear. So we'll start with our personnel and talk a little bit about how it's changed. in this past year, 2012. We did hire the fourth parking officer. That's Beth DeLego. She was hired in January, and that's, as the chief talked about, the increase in our parking citations. We have another full-time police officer. He was hired in October, completed his training in January of this year. That's Officer Justin Ritz. He's now off training, and he's doing a fabulous job out on the streets. We have an unpaid reserve officer in the training program. I believe he's just finished his first phase of training. He's got two more to go, and then he will serve. He won't be driving his own patrol car as of yet, but he'll serve as a backup in the car, riding with one of us full-time police officers. So that's exciting. His name is Marius Ramos. We're also in the process of working to fill our last full-time vacant police officer position. The other exciting thing is we have a student intern this year. She's from Sonoma State University. She's working towards her degree in criminal justice, so we're helping her fulfill her internship requirement. Some of the new programs we started was a special response team, also known as a SWAT team. This was already established through formerly known as Twin Cities, now Central Marin Police Department. So you'll see the bright, smiley face, that's Officer Padilla. He's our officer that is now on that SWAT team representing us. We have the motorcycle patrol, which Officer Sean Smigowski is out there riding the bike and as we talked about, you know, being that friendly face that's more accessible to people and doing the traffic stops. We have the ABC grant, which I believe is just under $16,000 alcohol and beverage control grant that we are going to use for alcohol-related enforcement and education, such as stings and buying equipment and stuff to help us do that. Recess patrol were out in the schools having positive interaction with the children and just being there to play with them and also let them see us as people and not just the And the last program that we started, we didn't start, but we joined this past year, is the crisis negotiation team. And that was also Central Marin runs the team. We now have two officers on that team. Detective Brian Mather is one of them, and Officer Nick White is the second. So they'll be joining, and they're training with that team. And if there's a call out in the county, they could be and hopefully will be one of the ones that are called out. This is the monthly report. web page, readily accessible for anybody to view. This happens to be May of 2012. It breaks down every month. Lieutenant Sku does a great job in laying out the statistics, anything, special projects that we're doing, training. So it kind of gives you an overview of everything that we've done that month in a quick little summary. And that's available on the web page. Some of the ways we stay connected with the community is like I just talked about, the web page. It's through the City of Sausalito's site. On there, you can find information about staff, special projects, and press releases, as the Chief talked about earlier. We participate in putting articles in the Sausalito magazine that comes out quarterly, and those are usually educational pieces. For an example, when the law came out, drivers had to have their headlights on when their windshield wipers are on consistently. People aren't going to regularly know that, so we put something out like that. Issues regarding animals, crime prevention, those kind of articles, officers will write and we will have them published in that magazine. CrimeReports.com, this is a program that the Sausalito Police Department pays for, but it's free to the public. And what it does is it maps the crimes and the different calls for service that we get. And so somebody could go on there, put in Sausalito, and I'll show you what it looks like. I just did traffic accidents for February of this year. And this is showing you where the traffic accidents are. If this was an active page, you could zoom in to see the detail in the streets and whatnot. But that's an example of what it would look like once you searched under Sausalito and looked for the specific crime that you're wanting. Nixle.com is another service that the police department pays for but is free to the public. citizens actually have to actually subscribe to this service, but when they do, when we put out a press release, your cell phone will get a little notification, very short, saying that this is, you know, there's burglaries in your area or there's a fire next door. And then you'll also get an email with more detail explaining what the actual, you know, notice on your phone was. And then Twitter. We've joined the tweeting world. The police department has its own Twitter page and Chief Tejada also has her own Twitter page and we're regularly tweeting on those pages. |
| 02:00:28.77 | SPEAKER_01 | Some of the things that we're doing to address some community concerns is traffic complaints. We talked about the ghost car that we put out sometimes. We have a log in the police department where we monitor the complaints that come in. We actively log what each team and each officer has done and what they found, and so we can all be on the same page about it. We talked about the VIPs nighttime patrols and their vacation checks. They're our second set of eyes. They're out there and they don't take action. They've been trained what to do if they see something, but they're out there helping us, just like we asked the community to do, but they're actually out there in a marked car doing some of that work for us. We've also touched on the involvement in the waterfront community. As Sergeant Frass said, this is huge. It's a, you know, we're breaking down a barrier that hasn't been really touched before and now we're involved in these meetings. reaching out to them to try to fix issues before they become a bigger issue, education, and they're educating us on what they need. And so it's been a great relationship between the police department and the Waterfront community. The chat with the chief, I don't know when she's setting up another one, but She opens herself up, whether it's a coffee shop or in the library, to come in an informal setting, sit and talk with the chief of police and ask her whatever's on your mind. And then again, the continued school outreach involved in lockdown drills, just being there and being that positive role model. Counseling when there's an out of control student, we do it all and we try to be really involved in the school. of the policing projects, each team or individual officer has a community policing project for each quarter of the year. and some of them that stand out or at least have had seen some effect is the unlocked vehicle project and what that entails as officers when they're walking their foot patrols at night or whenever and, you know, we check doors or we see if we see a door unlocked, a car door. And when we do, or window down, we leave a note with our information Just saying that we are in the area, we noticed this as a a crime that could occur, whether the doors open, the windows down, there's something on the seat. So we're hoping to educate the public to lock your doors and windows, don't leave anything on your seats, and this is part of the way that we're doing it. Monitoring the Tourney Street docks, we have both the public access pier as well as the city-owned piers that are in poor shape. So we're making sure that people stay off, the city owns, so they don't get hurt, and that there's free access and the public dock isn't getting clogged up. So we actively monitor that on a very regular basis, as well as the 300 locust lot. We all know that when we moved out, it turned into a dumping ground and a place for people to shack up. We've now, with the help of DPW and all the rest of the city staff, have cleaned that up and it's no longer a problem. But in that also we're doing extra patrol all the time to make sure that it doesn't happen because one person starts squatting and then the whole rest of the community comes. Taxi regulation. Officer Sean Smigowski started working with the taxis first to ensure that they had their proper permits. They need a permit on their vehicle. They need a driver permit, making sure they're doing everything safely. But the biggest thing is, you'll see in the picture there, is the bike racks. Most of our taxis that come through town now have bike racks, and so Working with them, we have the ability to send a tourist back to the bridge at least so they can go down the hill back to San Francisco. At least we have another way to get them out if the ferry's backed up or if they don't want to take the bus. And bar and harbor checks officers, as they're doing their foot patrols or extra patrols, are out just checking in with the harbors, walking the harbors, checking the bars, making sure people aren't over-served, just making sure that we have that constant communication with the harbor masters, the bartenders, and everybody who's using those establishments. Our Homeless Advocacy Program We had, in 2012, we had a health fair in Dunphy Park in October. It was a well-attended event. And, in fact, just today, we had another event, and it was very well-attended. We were able to give out a bunch of stuff, from fire extinguishers to flashlights to noisemakers that I guess you need on the water, flu shots. We had first aid stuff. We had a lot of stuff. And so it was another successful, very successful event. Also with that, we wrote a paper to put ourselves into the running or the competition for a statewide community-oriented policing award. we've We wrote about our program, we wrote about some of the results and the successes that we've had, out of I think there were 22 submissions statewide, we got second place. So myself, Officer Rogers, and Officer White, who are also on the homeless advocacy team, got to go down to Palm Springs to the Chief of Police Association meeting, and we were presented an award at the luncheon where they gave three awards, and we were one of the runner-ups. So that was pretty exciting. Our involvement in the Avoid the Marin 13 is also a big deal. Last year we had 52 DUI arrests in Sausalito. I didn't have a chance to count the accidents, but I know there were quite a few of them. So we participate in the Avoid the 13, which is an Office of Traffic Safety granted program. We do checkpoints. We do one here in town. We do a lot of them throughout the county where all officers participate, and it's for DUI as well as driver's license checks. We also do saturation patrols, and what that means is officers will be paid through the grant to be in their own jurisdiction, and their sole duty is to look for DUIs. And that happens on days like Super Bowl, St. Patrick's Day, some of the high drinking event days. So those days, we participate in those days as well. Every year, MAD and AVOID get together, and for the Marin, Napa, and Sonoma counties, they have a luncheon where two officers per agency are recognized. And this year, we had Officer White, who was recognized for making 27 DUI arrests. Remember, I said we only had 52 arrests. He was out there kicking butt. And then Officer Don Bartle also was recognized. Some of our future projects and things that we have that we're working towards are cost-sharing. joint training in the Southern Marin area, meaning Mill Valley, Tiburon Belvedere, Twin Cities, Thank you. |
| 02:08:23.37 | Unknown | you |
| 02:08:23.60 | SPEAKER_01 | Central Marin Police Department. There's a team of the training managers who are working on how to share the training, share the equipment, share the instructors to cut down on the cost of putting on training, which we are mandated to do anyway. So that's always in the process. We share a property and evidence technician with Central Marin Police Department already, as well as we talked about earlier, the SWAT team and the hostage negotiation team. They also loan us a motorcycle, and that's the reason that we have Officer Smigowski out there on the motorcycle, is because it's their motorcycle that we're using, so we're very lucky. We have the Citizens Academy that hopefully we'll get to put on this year, and there's also talk about us putting on a youth academy to get some of the youth to know us and to get them into the police department to get some sort of knowledge about who we are and what we do and why we do it mostly. We have live scan services that have just come on board. So now we can not only fingerprint the bad guys, but we can also fingerprint somebody who needs to go get an application to be a teacher or any private citizen that needs to be fingerprinted. We can do that at the police department now as well. And then we also talked about the very exciting multipurpose motorcycles that hopefully you'll see a lot more people, including myself, around town and just more officers with easier access to the community. So that's all I have, Detective Mather. is going to talk about investigation. |
| 02:10:09.86 | Ray Withy | Thank you, Stacy. |
| 02:10:10.91 | John Wallstrom | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 02:10:11.15 | Unknown | And it'll work. |
| 02:10:16.48 | Unknown | Good evening, Mayor, Council Members, City Officials. I'm going to go over just a brief summary, it's getting late, of the 2012 cases investigated by Sausalito Police Department I've been a detective for about three years now and I'm noticing about the same trend. It's always property crime. Some part one crimes, but property crimes take up the majority of my time. where some of these cases, robberies, assaults, sexual assaults, elder abuse, frauds, |
| 02:10:43.73 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 02:10:43.87 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:10:43.92 | Mary Wagner | is wrong. |
| 02:10:47.82 | Unknown | Child pornography, these cases take up a lot of time in the individual cases that I get. But again, a lot of the cases I do investigate are the burglaries, the petty thefts, the grand thefts, and so on. I'm going to go through a couple cases, basically our original Sausalito CSI. I'm just going to summarize a couple of the bigger cases we had this year. We had several of them this past year, but I'll go over this one. It's very fitting that the California bike bandit was a resident of Sausalito, a bicycle-friendly town. This case started back in March. We had an individual come to the station saying that he was very suspicious of an individual he had purchased a bike from. He found an ad on Craigslist. met the person on 2nd and Main Street in Sausalito. purchased a $6,000 bike for $2,300. Being suspicious, he went back on Craigslist searching around and found an ad. from a bike store in Santa Barbara, California, saying they are missing this bicycle. person that looks like this. Um, gave me a fake name of Jason Resnick and a fake ID as well as a fake credit card. and rode off on the bike. Basically, if you go in a bike store, as long as you give that identification, it'll let you test ride a $6,000 bike and off he went. never brought it back. Then he sold it on Craigslist to the person that came to the South State OPD. We took that case and a couple days later I got this, what we call a tracks flyer. It's an inner department. This was sent out by San Francisco PD for information looking for a suspect that had committed several similar type crimes in high-end bicycle stores in San Francisco, Santa Clara, Burkery. |
| 02:12:28.10 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 02:12:36.34 | Unknown | down to several places in Southern California and Arizona. So we followed up on it, sent out a similar, we cut all of our police jargon out of there and put the picture. And we sent it out to all the high-end bike and mostly just bike shops around Northern California, Bay Area, and Southern California. Word got out between the bicycle communities. And the guy actually ended up showing up at a bike shop in Fairfax. They called Fairfax PD immediately. Fairfax PD called Central Marin PD, who I was working with on this case. Um, They called me, we ended up arresting the guy, went back to his house and went through his house, found another stolen bicycle, a bunch of camera equipment. Apparently he's a professional photographer at some point, was down on his luck using meth heavily. and decided to go into the business of making fake IDs and selling bikes. You can sell a bike, $6,000 bike for $2,300 and make a $2,300 profit on it really quick. It's a pretty good job, but not very honest. In the search of his house, a laptop was recovered. Going through that laptop, there was child pornography on the laptop, which opened up yet another investigation on this bike bandit individual. Um, During the course of that investigation, I was writing a search warrant, compiling all the information I had from all these various cases throughout California and the Bay Area. Put all that together and was about ready to go have a judge sign off on my search warrant. And I got a call from the Alameda County Coroner's Office Apparently this guy had bailed out of jail in Marin County, went to Alameda and committed suicide. And in that suicide note, it made mention of my investigation and the child pornography, and he just, I guess the demons got the best of him, and he couldn't. live any longer. So he ended up committing suicide. That case continued, obviously, because he was a professional photographer. Wanted to make sure there was no victims. It wasn't homemade photography. It turned out it was not. It was purchased off the internet. So there was no victims identified locally or within the United States that we know at this time. So that was a lengthy investigation through a lot of different agencies. But ultimately, the guy lived right here in Sausalito on 3rd Street. And he sold the bike on 2nd Street. So we didn't know. We ended up finding out. |
| 02:15:11.17 | Ray Withy | didn't get over to 4th Street, I'll tell you that. |
| 02:15:13.09 | Unknown | No, you didn't because the mayor was waiting for him. So, Another case we had, we had a series of prowler burglaries. These are burglaries where people are home, early morning hours, The guy was entering the residence. 530 6 o'clock in the morning. while people were still sleeping. A lot of people didn't even notice. They just woke up and there was my iPhone that was on my kitchen counter. It was just gone. One lady came outside and there was a guy banging on her back door. He was back on the back deck. I was banging on the door, described a white male, and that's how we responded. We searched the area for several hours. It was right at shift change. Thank you. Nobody was found because the guy was already gone and it's really easy to hide in Sausalito He ended up, we couldn't find him, but in investigating the five burglaries, he had broken into a house on Woodward. So this happened in the Woodward, Laurel Lane area. He'd broken into a house on Woodward and In the process, he ended up cutting himself on some glass. So when I processed the scene, I noticed that glass on the entry point to the house, as well as some milk, and the guy literally stayed there for about a day in two houses and just destroyed this house. Um... I took that evidence back to the station, processed it, sent it off to the lab for DNA analysis, which we do here in Sausalito if we get it. And if it's a big enough crime, Prowler burglars are a little bit higher just because the mere fact that somebody could wake up and have an intruder in their house and it just leads sent it off to Richmond's DNA lab four months later. because this is Sausalito CSI, four months later, And not 30 minutes later, a commercial later, we ended up getting the results. And because the guy that was in the house wasn't a – he'd only been arrested in San Francisco, didn't have a driver's license or anything else. He was actually a resident of Detroit, Michigan. He just had basically an index number. It's just a number you get when you get booked and you get fingerprinted and no name attached to it locally. Ended up researching that number, found a name, and came up with this guy. This guy. was actually arrested two days after all of our burglaries in San Francisco. Him and his crony went into a house or an apartment building in San Francisco crawled through the air ducts and fell through. Well, when he fell through, he fell through into some lady's living room or kitchen and landed on her kitchen counter. She was in the shower. at this time. came out stark naked and saw this guy covered in drywall and everything else, sitting and just standing there on her kitchen counter. She freaks out. don't even put any clothes on, runs down the street in San Francisco. and takes off. So obviously officers come around, they think something else is going on. This guy's picked up. He's in jail. So I ended up going and interviewed him in jail, got a search warrant to get – I needed to get a DNA match, so I had to get a search warrant to be able to obtain a buccal swab from his cheek. Got a search warrant for that, got the swab, and I interviewed him, and he confessed to everything. He said he was in softs later for two days, extremely high. Can't remember half the stuff he does, which he was being pretty honest. And he was like, Sergeant Erb, the chief said earlier, He was stealing stuff to support his habit. He had a couple friends with him. He couldn't even describe him because he was so high during the time at Sausalito. But again, this type of people that are hanging out and coming to Sausalito from San Francisco. And he's never been here before. He's from Detroit, Michigan. So that's one of our... Lucky gentleman there. Again, later on in March while I was still investigating this other case, we had 10 cars broken into in the Girard Avenue area. And one car stolen off a Glenn Drive was a Range Rover. Ten of the cars looked just like this. The guy just smashed the window and took valuables that were in plain sight. If they were locked, he broke the window. If they weren't, he'd just open it. I think one of them was even unlocked and he still broke the window. Um, the following day. Daily City comes across our... or Range Rover in their jurisdiction. There was a guy behind it. undoing the screws and taking license plates off of plates at a dealership and swapping them out so he can continue to drive the car. He takes off when cops get there from Daly City. Pursuit ensues. They ended up catching him. He's in custody. They called me, said, we have this guy in custody. You know, there's some property in the car, yada, yada. I go down there, I check out, I interview the guy, and I talk to him a little bit. He doesn't want to talk, he's on probation, so we searched his house. And going through his house, we find some more stolen property in Millbrae is where his house is. Some more stolen property, I go through his phone, And that's our suspect right there. He, uh... apparently didn't want to put in an application, just want to steal our vests. They're actually not our vests. But that's another type of person that's hanging out in our town. And this was at 5.30, 6 o'clock in the morning, just randomly picked. Zoscelito. He sold a lot of the property already. There was a lot of photographs of the property that he had taken from the Range Rover. It was already gone. Um, but we did recover a lot of it still that he had in his residence and that was still in the vehicle. He's a nice guy. |
| 02:21:01.00 | Ray Withy | Giants family. |
| 02:21:03.38 | Unknown | How many of you guys have seen that much marijuana? Exactly. So this case started, it was about a month old tip. An officer was... |
| 02:21:14.94 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:21:20.23 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 02:21:20.36 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:21:20.39 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 02:21:21.95 | Unknown | on patrol, falling up on a month old tip. and found... Basically, we had a tip that there was a person in Sausalito at housing about 100 pounds of marijuana at the Sausalito mini storage. here on marine ships. had a suspect name, had a business where he did work. He no longer worked there, so he didn't know where he was, or even if he was still around or he already took off. had a vague vehicle description, just had a shipyard where the stuff was supposedly housed. So we kind of kept on it, didn't have a lot of leads, so we just continued to kind of check the areas. Maybe someday the guy would show up, we'd see his car, and continue on. Well, one day the officer was on patrol and happened to be going through on a Saturday and he saw the suspect's vehicle right next to the storage unit. Ran out the plate, the plate came back to the suspect's name. Um, The officer grabbed the rest of the patrol team, they corralled the guy, went to the storage unit, talked to the guy, got consent to go into the container because they smelt a bunch of marijuana. The guy actually let him in. There was a false wall in there, but ultimately 167 pounds of marijuana were seized valued about $419,000. This is all being grown up in Lake County but transported down here and And his storage set here in... Little old Sausalito. So if you look at one of these pictures, you can see those little white round things. Those are tortillas. So I guess they're used to absorb the moisture and the marijuana so it dries out. And I will, on a side note, I have to thank the council members and Chief Tejada. I was able to call out our evidence technician. They were given $50,000, I believe. to hire an evidence tech. I think I still would be going through this marijuana if we didn't have Zanetta, who's our evidence tech that we share from Central Moran. She was a great help. I was already here until about 4 o'clock in the morning that day. It took about eight or nine hours to go through. We had to weigh. calculate, tag, bag, and resort every single piece of marijuana that you see in our Sally Port. And without her, like I said, I would still be going through that stuff. She was well worth it and continues to be. So I have to thank you for that. So on a side note, this is last year. This is our frickin' frack duo. These are the people who came to Sausalito. stole a car, burglarized the house, and were caught by us later on. Since then, they've been up to their shenanigans, continue to. They're actually alleged suspects in several of the recent bank robberies. But I just want to kind of update you guys on a photo of frack, I guess, since left would be frack and right would be frack. They never came back to Salsa Dua. It went all around, but didn't come back here. So apparently they got the hint, but Courtesy of us and the criminal justice system. That's what he looks like now. So you have the before. and after so Thinking maybe that'll be a Sassado PD's submission to the art festival this year. Possibly. So. That's it. I'll see what I can do for you. Any questions, Chief Dejada would love to answer them. |
| 02:24:47.20 | Ray Withy | I'll see what I can do for you. |
| 02:24:56.55 | Ray Withy | You have any questions? Thank you. Thank you for a very good presentation. |
| 02:24:56.61 | Unknown | Do you have any questions? |
| 02:24:57.32 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 02:25:01.78 | Ray Withy | Any questions? I think. The only. |
| 02:25:04.21 | Lauren | Thank you. |
| 02:25:05.32 | Ray Withy | Thank you. The only question I have is, and that would be on the taxis. I, uh, I might like to ask if we might look into the the charging of the when they have their big grafts, I noticed observing being down there last year. Some of the taxi drivers really take advantage. of the the visitors, and I've seen it where when it's very crowded at the terminal and they desperately want to get back into the city, that some of the cab drivers will take advantage of them and charge them anywhere from $10 a bike for putting them on there. I don't know what regulation or what we could do, but it might be good to look into something like that. |
| 02:26:04.45 | Jennifer Tejada | Yeah, we'll certainly look into it. They did put bike racks on the back of the taxis at our request to help alleviate the issues. I don't know what they're charging, but we'll look into it. Okay. And Officer Smogowski meets with them regularly, so we'll add that to his agenda. |
| 02:26:07.69 | Ray Withy | Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Okay. |
| 02:26:21.70 | Ray Withy | Okay, sorry to give you more, but just a question. Okay. Thank you very, very much for an excellent presentation. Okay. Yes. |
| 02:26:33.24 | Thomas Theodores | And the dog's cute too. |
| 02:26:35.55 | Jennifer Tejada | That's my dog Daisy. She's been deputized. She had a rough life. |
| 02:26:42.33 | Unknown | You've got a rough life. |
| 02:26:44.36 | Jennifer Tejada | I would just like to recognize Sergeant Gregory and Detective Mather. They're very humble individuals, but they've done so much work for us including Sergeant Gregory's leadership on the Homeless Outreach Program. She didn't really stress to you what a great honor it is to come in second in the state in that Community Policing Award. San Francisco had a submission. Hayward PD had a submission. Sacramento PD had a submission. We came in two points below the number one agency, which is Citrus Heights. Citrus Heights is an agency that I admire. They're very progressive. They're ahead of the curve. to come in so close to them is just, to me, it's remarkable to finish shoulder to shoulder to that agency. They won last year, they won again this year. but only two points between them and us. So Sergeant Gregory has demonstrated just extraordinary leadership and passion around this issue, and I want to commend her for that work. Thank you. |
| 02:27:53.06 | Jennifer Tejada | And then Detective Heather, the officer that he was referring to who happened to notice this, and the officer who happened to do that and follow this lead in the big dope case, that was him. He is a solo detective, and he does all of this amazing, really in-depth investigative work to keep people like Frick and Frack out of our community. It's truly amazing. He's a one-man show. And I am just incredibly proud of the work he does and appreciative. So I just want to say a thank you to you. Job well done. |
| 02:28:33.96 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:28:35.74 | Ray Withy | Thank you. I might have to go to work back downtown now. |
| 02:28:38.96 | Unknown | you |
| 02:28:40.41 | Ray Withy | But thank you all very, very much. Really appreciate it. Stacy, I don't know, you amaze me all the time. So thank you. |
| 02:28:51.31 | Thomas Theodores | Mr. Mayor, are we in comment? Sure. I'd like to make a comment, too. Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor. as well as Detective Pater. And I mean, I really am so appreciative of the hard work you do and the results that you've shared with us tonight. And, you know, I think the stories we hear, the stories I hear in the community are proof of the impact that you have. And, um... So I just wanted to make sure that I cited that as well. You're very much appreciated. |
| 02:29:28.76 | Ray Withy | Okay. What do we do here? |
| 02:29:31.96 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:29:33.01 | Ray Withy | We have the recommendation to accept and file the report. |
| 02:29:40.30 | Ray Withy | Okay, then I'll make a motion that we accept and file the report. |
| 02:29:44.82 | Thomas Theodores | I have a second. |
| 02:29:46.15 | Ray Withy | So, |
| 02:29:46.32 | Thomas Theodores | in a second. |
| 02:29:46.63 | Ray Withy | Thank you. All in favor? |
| 02:29:48.47 | Thomas Theodores | Bye. |
| 02:29:48.87 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 02:29:48.89 | Unknown | Bye. |
| 02:29:49.16 | Ray Withy | Thank you. Once again, thank you very, very much. People don't realize how hard you really work, believe me. |
| 02:29:57.88 | Thomas Theodores | Believe it. Mr. Mayor, can we take a short break? |
| 02:30:03.57 | Ray Withy | We're going to have up to five-minute break. |
| 02:30:29.89 | Ray Withy | Okay. Five minutes. Yeah. |
| 02:30:30.65 | Unknown | Bye. |
| 02:30:31.02 | Jennifer Tejada | You know, |
| 02:30:31.36 | Unknown | you |
| 02:30:34.74 | Unknown | THE FAMILY. |
| 02:30:34.87 | Ray Withy | At this time here, we're going to have an update on the Major Crimes Task Force. Jennifer Tejada, you allowed a few minutes. I have two minutes. We're right back. |
| 02:30:43.14 | Jennifer Tejada | I love you. |
| 02:30:43.66 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:30:46.63 | Jennifer Tejada | We have two minutes. My purpose tonight is to give you a quick overview of the Major Crimes Task Force. On April 22nd, you're going to have a more comprehensive presentation from the commander of the Task Force. I'm just going to give you a snapshot and just give you a little bit of comparative stats to what we do in Sausalito, so you can kind of put it in perspective. The task force was actually, it began in 1977 when some agencies put some folks together to address major crimes and narcotics in Marin County, essentially because no one city is a stand-alone city in terms of these kinds of crimes, burglaries, narcotics. It moves around. It's all connected. So it's good that we work together to solve our issues. By two years, they had decided that this was a significant law enforcement issue, and they should, the chiefs at the time, institutionalized this and created a joint powers authority agreement. So that's been in place since 1979. It has changed over the years. Originally, the task force was comprised of individuals from each agency and individuals from the Sheriff's Office, and then it became more of a just an agreement with the Sheriff's Office that the Sheriff's Office would provide the service and cities would pay into it and then From that, we've come to some jurisdictions paying a dollar amount to be part of it, and others have a body in the task force in lieu of payment. I'm just going to focus on Sausalito. You'll get the overview from Lieutenant Wick when he's here on the 23rd. The JPA has an oversight committee. This is the structure of it. I'm actually one of the two chiefs that serve on that committee. The task force has eight people in its unit. It has the supervisor, Lieutenant Wick, six detectives, three from the SO, the others Novato, CHP, and DEA, and then a secretary. This is the jurisdiction of the task force. It is essentially all of Marin County. What they lend to our agencies is listed here. Essentially, it's focusing on the major crimes in the area of narcotics. So they're not down in the weeds. They're sort of looking at where does it all connect? Where is it coming from? Where is the source? If we have a search warrant, they'll give us assistance on preparing the search warrant, serving it if we need it. Some of the current... I guess the drugs that are most prevalent in the community now in Marin County is cocaine, and the reason for that is because methamphetamine price has increased, and when that increases, the users go for the best bargain. So right now that's cocaine. When cocaine price goes up, they'll revert back to meth. It's whatever is readily available and at the best price for them, for the addicted people. In the other drug that is most prevalent now is prescription meds among high school students. They're seeing a lot of these drugs that are prescription meds, and so the kids are taking them from the medicine cabinets in their own homes or homes that they visit. They're hanging out, watching a movie or a sleepover, take the meds and sell them on the teenage market or wherever they can get a buyer. And they're using. So I wanted to show you what the financial contribution for Sausalito is to be part of the task force. Our contribution is based on our percentage share of the population. We have, this is last year and this fiscal year, so our contribution has increased. It seems like an insignificant number, but to me it's significant. And again, Lieutenant Wick will go into that a little bit more for you. This is a graph that shows where we are visually in our contribution. |
| 02:35:35.91 | Jennifer Tejada | I wanted to sort of take a look at what does the task force do for us in Sausalito specifically. They had a total of 726 contacts in the county, and of those, 43 occurred in Sausalito. A contact is anything from talking to a suspect, talking to a witness, setting up a confidential informant, talking to our people. It could be any of the above. They had a total of 89 cases in the county, and four of those came from Sausalito. They had 55 arrests. One was in Sausalito. And then they did 35 search warrants, and of those, none were related to Sausalito. Our people in Sausalito had 11 contacts that were directly related to narcotics. They generated 10 cases, 12 arrests, and that actually should be three search warrants. When I created this, the number, again, our wonderful data system wasn't telling me what we had. We had to manually search. So this information is significant because these crimes have a direct correlation to drug use, drug sales, and so we have a significant issue in Sausalito that we can say we have narcotics present, but if you look at what we're doing compared to the task force, I'm very happy to say that we're as active, if not more active, with what we're doing in-house. And again, it's on a smaller scale than the task force. The task force has more of a helicopter view of what's going on. in relation, you know, Sausalito to San Rafael and Mill Valley, where is it all connecting and who's providing it? Whereas we are in the weeds and we're seeing the day-to-day issues related to narcotics And so that essentially is my very quick presentation. I believe it was five minutes. you |
| 02:37:58.30 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:37:58.42 | Jennifer Tejada | Thank you. |
| 02:37:58.43 | Ray Withy | Very good. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Mayor, any questions? Questions? |
| 02:38:01.37 | Thomas Theodores | Okay. Mr. Mayor, any questions? Yes, I had a quick question. For Sausalito, and it was, I think, 6.8% or 9% of the percentage of the task force, 6.9. Is that the city of Sausalito? Is that how, that's the borders of, yeah, city proper? |
| 02:38:23.74 | Jennifer Tejada | City proper. So it's our municipality. Okay. And that is, we are now at 6.91% of the total population of the jurisdictions that participate in the JPA. |
| 02:38:25.85 | Thomas Theodores | Okay. |
| 02:38:34.04 | Thomas Theodores | Okay, thank you. |
| 02:38:36.67 | Ray Withy | Thank you. Any other questions? |
| 02:38:39.66 | Ray Withy | Yeah, I notice that there's some notable absences of cities in that list, so like San Rafael. I mean, does that cause a problem in terms of lack of coordination or... |
| 02:38:48.84 | Unknown | Mm-hmm. |
| 02:38:53.90 | Ray Withy | that they just never joined up in the first place. |
| 02:38:56.65 | Jennifer Tejada | San Rafael was part of the JPA at one point. They pulled out probably I want to say maybe six years ago. I could be wrong. It's been a while. They have their own street crimes unit, so they are devoting resources to major crimes and narcotic enforcement. It's not like they pulled out and said, well, we don't have a problem. We're not going to do anything. They are doing it. It's a delicate subject because, like I've been saying, crime just doesn't stay in Sausalito or Mill Valley. Thank you. It's a delicate subject because, like I've been saying, this is, crime just doesn't stay in Sausalito or Mill Valley. It spreads across the county, and so we are all connected in some way. Our burglary is probably the money that's, when that's sold, that's used to buy dope in San Rafael. You know, it's all connected, even in San Francisco. The positive is that we all work together. There are no borders when we come to meet, when we have cases that we're discussing. There are no borders. We're all in the same game to keep Marin County crime-free and address whatever is here. So, you know, it is sometimes, and maybe Lieutenant Wick can address this in a better fashion than I can, because I don't see it as much as he would, because he's addressing the county as a whole. And should he go into San Rafael and take care of business there? That's a decision that the Oversight Committee has to approve, and they have been in San Rafael. working cases that originated outside in one of the JPA jurisdictions. It's certainly an item that would benefit from further discussion. |
| 02:40:57.85 | Ray Withy | If you had the $29,202.14, what would you do with it? |
| 02:41:05.25 | Jennifer Tejada | There are several things I would like to do with that, and it would certainly go towards an extra body in our force. That would be my first choice. |
| 02:41:21.59 | Ray Withy | And that's a great answer. |
| 02:41:28.98 | Ray Withy | Okay. This time here, any questions from the public? John. Okay, bring it back up here for comment. |
| 02:41:44.03 | Ray Withy | No comment? There's a recommendation here to accept and file a report. Is that correct? There's no report. So it's no, it's just information? No, I just received the report. Okay. Chief, thank you very, very much. Thank you. Sorry to keep you here so late. |
| 02:41:53.91 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:41:53.92 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 02:41:54.09 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:41:54.33 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:41:54.83 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 02:41:54.93 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 02:41:58.29 | Unknown | No, I just received the report. |
| 02:42:06.61 | Ray Withy | But... Thank you. |
| 02:42:07.29 | Jennifer Tejada | I'm sorry. |
| 02:42:07.74 | Ray Withy | I'm sorry. |
| 02:42:12.32 | Unknown | you |
| 02:42:13.36 | Ray Withy | Okay. Next on the agenda is a Pack and Rec class and events update. |
| 02:42:22.46 | Mike Mirandaleeuxiern | Thank you. |
| 02:42:23.77 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 02:42:23.81 | Mike Mirandaleeuxiern | Mike, you're on. MIKE MIRANDALEEUXIERN, Good evening, Mr. Mayor, City Council. Where we go from major crimes to a much lighter topic here. |
| 02:42:24.08 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 02:42:32.25 | Mike Mirandaleeuxiern | yet still as important, parks and recreation. So I've been up here a few times recently, mostly talking about the parks and what we're doing with them, and you will see my face up here again shortly with another on parks and opening of new parks. But tonight I'd like to... bring up the two supervisors that we have in our department, Jeff Dibdahl and Aaron Stroud, to speak and let you know about some of the exciting classes that we're doing downstairs, as well as throughout the rest of the community, and of course, our fantastic events that we have in this town. So first is Recreation Supervisor Jeff Dibdahl. |
| 02:43:11.67 | Jeff Dibdahl | It's that one, yeah. Good evening, Mayor and Council members and city staff and even the Recreation Commission cohort that has shown up to support. Thank you so much. I hope not to take too much of your time. I know we're getting a little late, but I'm very excited to be able to present in front of you all tonight. I'm Jeff Dibdahl. I'm a recreation supervisor for the city of Sausalito, and I've provided oversight for the recreation program for the past four and a half years. I'm here to present a general overview of the recreation program and explain the community strengthening service that our recreation program provides the city of Sausalito in accordance with our department's mission. which is to provide quality programs to Sausalito and its community that enhance growth, expression, and recreation through people, parks, and programs. Our photograph here is actually taken by one of our instructors and also a local child photographer named Gina Risseau, and it focuses on one of our ballet programs that's been very successful. The recreation program isn't always focused on when people hear the term parks and recreation. I think that most people think about the first word in parks and recreation, that being the parks, and they're a vital part of our community. Their open space enhances quality of life and increases property values, but they're a passive form of community strengthening. They give those who opt to use them recreational opportunities. But I'm going to explain our recreation program. Alongside Theron Stroud, who is responsible for producing our amazing special events, I oversee the recreation program. Recreation as compared to parks provides active structure for fostering a sense of community. By offering classes to citizens, we provide the content to get engagement, build relationships, and help make Sausalito a unique and welcoming place to live. So the first thing I do is I promote Recreation. I do it primarily through our Sausalito and its community magazine, which is focused on not just marketing the classes that we offer, but also giving the community a forum with which to engage one another, mostly nonprofits, the city departments, and local agencies that affect the Southern Marin Sausalito neighborhoods. So it's said, if you build it, they will come. That's true, but only when they hear about it. So we do outreach. We produce this magazine quarterly. I believe it was part of the candidate packet that you received. I also have placed several at the front here. I was anticipating more audience. I'll take them back downstairs, I guess. But the magazine is a publication that I work on very hard, and it goes out to every Sausalito residence and the post office boxes. It also has some paid advertisement that helps to defray the cost of mailing it out. So the recreation program runs courses year-round on a quarterly basis. We offer between 35 to 50 youth classes and 40 to 80 adult classes each quarter. The monthly average participation in the recreation program is 425 adult participants and 1,450 child participants. Now, many of these programs are drop-in based programs, so the same child might come three or four times throughout the month, which is why we have such an inflated number versus the amount of residents we actually have living in Sausalito. Our program is basically divided into a couple of catch-all categories. We have enrichment, dance and music, fitness, sports, and camps. Camps usually only comes up during the summertime. And I'd like to highlight our most successful program for you. That's Playland. It's just one year old, a little bit longer than that actually. It was started in December of 2011. So I'm proud to feature this program. It's revitalized the MLK gymnasium. The Playland operator provided cosmetic upgrades to the facility, such as painting, a restroom deep cleaning, resealing grout and caulking, and repurposing storage rooms into activity spaces. The program puts inflatable bounce houses, train tables, art projects, small indoor play structures, and riding cars into the gym, and opens for business to give kids six and under an incredible experience of playful activity in the morning and afternoon during the week and in the mornings on Saturday. The program also offers birthday party packages in the evenings, Friday through Sunday, where up to 60 guests are welcome to celebrate a birthday for a child who is age 9 or under. The program is a major source of revenue. It exceeds all other recreation revenues from classes and activities combined. So this one program has more than doubled what we make over the last year. The program has been well received in the community, has created local job opportunities, and has given an increased use and focus to the gymnasium. And one of the things that we just found today was that the program will exist, hopefully very peacefully and happily side by side with L'Elecy Francaise, that is renting the upper property at the MLK complex, and will utilize the gym in the afternoons and early evenings for their school gymnasium and after school programming. in addition to having morning programming with Playlamp. |
| 02:49:06.56 | Jeff Dibdahl | So how do we have all these wonderful class offerings? Typically, an instructor identifies themselves to me, proposes a course that I review, and then I work with the instructor to find the appropriate facility space for them. Sometimes I have to juggle our schedule. Sometimes I have to nudge the instructor to juggle their schedule. But usually, it all works out and we have a time and a place that is appropriate for a class to happen. Once those logistics are all established and the contract is signed and agreed to, the contract instructor undergoes a background check at their expense to ensure that they are an appropriate person to be working with children in our community. And once cleared, the class begins. I coordinate classes with between 25 to 50 instructors per quarter with 74 current active instructors on my roster. Instructors set their class fees because they are contracted. They work not for us but with us to provide these services. Revenues that are generated are shared between the instructor and the city, and this fee-sharing structure of the contract is fiscally prudent because successful classes are financially incentivized, which rewards instructors and increases the recreation class revenues, while the classes with fewer participants don't end up costing the city anything to offer since there's no direct rate of pay associated with the contractor's work. So for a 30% split of the class fees, instructors gain our publicity, administrative support, and classroom space. Likewise, our community benefits by gaining a form to exchange information, strengthen relationships and foster human development. It's most likely the best deal in town. So if anyone's interested in teaching a course, I'm very interested in hearing from you. So I have just a little chart that charts our revenue growth throughout the years, basically starting in fiscal year 2008 and coming to incomplete data from fiscal year 2013, although it looks like we're going to have a bang-up year again. We had revenues increase every year with an exception of 2011, where there was about a $1,000 dip. We lost a very popular youth program called Music for Tots because the instructor moved to Petaluma. But we picked up a good a tango dancing class that didn't. but helped us kind of bump along. And then you'll notice the giant meteoric rise in the youth class fees and then the total fees obviously also came up with the addition of the Playland program that I highlighted for you earlier. The revenues in the current year are above our expectations already, and they should come in higher than last year since we have a quarter left to go to post revenues, and they're already very close. One last thing to highlight is the recreation program also gives a special area of focus to the Edgewater Seniors Club. They've been meeting since the 1970s with the full support of the city. And although they are incorporated as a non-profit in their own right and governed by an independent board of directors, I am the city's liaison to the club. I sit in on business meetings and provide a report of trips and recreational opportunities for the seniors and also plan and chaperone their monthly trips. The key message I want to leave with you tonight is that Sausalito's recreation program is here for you. We provide activities for diverse interests throughout all of the stages of life. And in so doing, as our Parks and Recreation motto goes, we create community. Thank you very much. I'd like to turn the floor over now to Aaron. |
| 02:53:12.28 | Aaron Stroud | Hello, Mr. Mayor, City Council members, City Clerk, City Manager, City Attorney. Hello. I'm Erin Stroud. Um... I am the Special Events Supervisor here with the City of Sausalito. Our department is involved in many special events throughout the year, either running them or assisting. Oh, I do the slides. I was gonna say, can you do the next slide? |
| 02:53:40.06 | Aaron Stroud | This is a list of many of the events that we are involved in. But tonight I'm going to give you an overview of the larger special events that the Park and Rec Department offers directly. There is a new addition on this list. You may notice the Barkers by the Bay. is an event the Chamber of Commerce created and has been doing the last couple of years. They did decide to not continue this event, and they offered it to our department. they convinced me actually to take on this event. So it's going to be a combination of their Barkers by the Bay with our Halloween costume contest, and it'll be called the Sausalito's Mutt Show. Thank you. And that is going to appear on the lineup in August, on August 10th, tentatively right now in Dunphy Park. So all of the events that we offer, we estimate they reach about 20,000 throughout the year, and so I'm going to highlight some of our main ones now. Oh, I forgot to say hi to my mom. Hi, Mom. |
| 02:54:59.96 | Aaron Stroud | She's been waiting a long time. Okay, so I'm going to start off with the Citywide Yard Sale, which just happened on Saturday at MLK. This event was reinvented in the spring of 2010 right after I was brought on board. This last event was very successful. Probably one of the best ones we've had over the last year and a half. I would say it was attended by probably at least a thousand people throughout the day. And not only was it highly attended by people, the quality of the items sold We're really good this time. I personally walked away with a TV VCR combo for $10. Yeah. |
| 02:55:49.64 | Ray Withy | Is that downstairs? Is that downstairs? |
| 02:55:50.08 | Aaron Stroud | He's our combo. |
| 02:55:55.53 | Aaron Stroud | This event ties in, there's a lot of community partnerships with this event, including Radio Sausalito, who has come out the last couple times and broadcasted live, which helps with getting people down there We've been involved with Salvation Army coming in and collecting those items that The sellers did not sell that day. This time we worked with Goodwill. We've also had the Friends of the Dog Park come and sell food. Bay Cities always comes and brings us a huge dumpster, which we definitely need. Working with the Marin School and Leslie Johnson, who's the MLK property manager, As you can see, this man up here is making lots of money. He is really happy. So this is the progression of the yard sale map that I created. So up in the upper left corner, that's what it looked like when we started, when we were just using the MLK parking lot. Um, but because of the need and the strong demand, I am now using every possible square footage of this entire area to sell spots We were up to 92 booths and I still had, I think, 10 or 15 people on the wait list that wanted to get in. It's just amazing. the participation. And we're doing it twice a year now. People talk to me about doing it once a month. And I say that I'm not going to, probably that's not going to happen. |
| 02:57:27.94 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 02:57:28.04 | Unknown | I'm not going to, probably that's not going to. |
| 02:57:30.37 | Aaron Stroud | But as you can see, we're just utilizing as much space as we possibly can. And oh, the other, These are more photos from the event on Saturday. The other – we've also combined this event with Disaster Preparedness Day in the past, and it worked so-so, and we're talking about doing it again this coming October. Um, So it's just a great It's a great event, and it went really well, and the weather was nice. On March 30th is the Easter egg hunt, parade, and bonnet contest. So I like to show these slides because it shows, I like to call this the calm before the storm. It's very green. The park is peaceful. All the eggs are laid out. Right now, There's about 500 kids and families lining up at the corner of Johnson and Caledonia And all of a sudden, the park looks like this. Absolutely packed. So they're there to find the 6,000 biodegradable eggs that we have spread and the three golden eggs, which are the special eggs. They find them in about three minutes. |
| 02:58:52.92 | Ray Withy | Where's Willy Wonka? |
| 02:58:54.57 | Aaron Stroud | . And then Oh, and this event also has a lot of community partnerships. So after they find the eggs, we do the Easter Bonnet Contest. We partner with the Sausalito Woman's Club. Um... as the judges every year. We do not recommend that the children eat the entire egg, but that does sometimes happen. And we have Tim Kaine come out and do a free concert. And the entire event is only about two hours long, but it's really fun. We've also been partnering with class kids who've come out and done free fingerprinting for families if they want to have that service. So that's on March 30th, so that's in like a week and a half. Hershey Track and Field is a new event that we did last April Hershey Track and Field is put on by Hershey's, and it's their way to help kids get into a lifestyle of physical fitness. This event takes place in every state on a local level, and then a state level, and then a regional level, and ends up with a big grand finale in Hershey, Pennsylvania. So we had about 25 kids participate last year, many of them who went on to the state track meet in San Jose. Um, I partnered up with the track coach of the Dipsy Kids Track Program that's been going on through Willow Creek. And we plan on doing that again on April 4th. So that was a fun new event that we added. Caledonia Street Festival is by far the largest event that our department does. Its net revenue is about $10,000, and it attracts not only Sausalito residents, but people from all over the Bay Area. I like to estimate around maybe 7,000 people, I think, come through the festival. Last year the theme was a toast to the Golden Gate and this year The theme will be Welcome to the America's Cup. |
| 03:01:18.95 | Aaron Stroud | in the children's area that we have down right here in Robin Sweeney Park. The most popular part seems to be when we incorporate the the Royal Academy of Dance program that we hold here, down here in the exercise room. They drew a huge crowd and the dancers did a wonderful job |
| 03:01:44.66 | Aaron Stroud | It is the you strong level of sponsorships and nonprofits that make this event so great. We have about around 60 artists, 15 sponsors, 15 local nonprofits, a handful of local restaurants and local businesses, that usually set us about a solid 100 booths for the festival. So we're always open to grow. We have the room to grow. Um, But right now it's sitting pretty solid. We also partnered with the Historical Society last year. They helped do a booth specifically on the history of the Golden Gate Bridge and they're going to help this year with the history of sailing and Sausalito to tie in with the America's Cup theme. |
| 03:02:39.62 | Aaron Stroud | Jazz and Blues by the Bay. So that's a lot of people. It is definitely our most attended event. um, It has a net. revenue of about $18,000, it probably brings us in the most money. Um, So, That is usually how it looks every single night, and I remember when I first started here, I don't think I'd attended a jazz yet, but I got a call from the San Francisco Chronicle wanting to do an article on jazz and blues by the bay. And I was super excited because I was like, wow, this is awesome. And I went and told Mike, And he was like, no, you call them back and you tell them we don't want it. And I was like, this is great advertising. No, we don't need it. And this is why. The event is usually packed. There's just no more room. But it's great. And half of the concerts aren't freezing. That's always good. So it's a 13 concert series. It's 13 Fridays in a row. And it's really the season table holders that keep this concert free for the public. as well as the non-profits that we have and come and cook food at every single concert. And that keeps the event free and that's It's just really important. My staff member got really artistic with that bottom photo there. So Jazz is coming up and there's still tables available if anyone wants to find one. All right, 4th of July. So this event, for the July Parade, Picnic, and Fireworks. So this, of course, is our Grand Marshal of 2012 and our not. the history of this parade. is really significant in Sausalito. And this honor is chosen every year by the Park and Rec Commission. Um, to a person that really dedicates their time and their volunteer efforts to Sausalito, and they're truly a big part of the community. We had awesome parade entries this year. It was an increase. We had 43 parade entries this year. And it's an opportunity to get the management team on top of a fire engine. Um... So after the parade, we spill into Dumpy Park. for a day, for a picnic day of fun. Again, community partnerships with South Slater Rotary and Galilee Harbor, who sell food at the event every year. And then of course there's the egg toss contest. And unfortunately there wasn't a lot of competition in the tug of war this year. Um... The kids were just really, I don't know, the police aren't very strong. And so, and of course, then after this comes the fireworks in Gabrielsen Park. I don't have any photos of that because it's at night, but... All of that money for the fireworks is completely through donations. And it's a lot of money we raise, so don't forget to donate this year. You'll get a certificate from me. Uh, Chili cook-off. The 2012 event was great. We had an increase of booze. We had 15 booze, which was an increase from only nine in 2011, now granted, 2011 was a non-election year. |
| 03:06:34.43 | Unknown | I'm not. |
| 03:06:35.85 | Aaron Stroud | So, but still, it's really great, because that's like the most participants we've had in the four years that I've been here. So that was really good. And we sold over 600 chili tasting bands, so At least 600 people actually paid to try the chili. And we partner with Heath Ceramics. And with the VIPs, the Volunteers in Public Safety, they sell food, and Heath Ceramics donates the beautiful award bowls every year. I think Captain Rohrabacher ate all of that chili there. |
| 03:07:09.89 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:07:12.74 | Aaron Stroud | Okay, Halloween. So this slide talks about, okay, Halloween parade in Trick or Treat Lane in the haunted house. This is what Halloween is supposed to look like. Everyone is lining up once again. Caledonia and Johnson, they have a nice parade. come into the basketball courts where it's all nicely decorated and non-profits, give out candy, we do the dog costume contest, and that's what it's supposed to look like. This year it started raining five minutes before the event. Therefore, We didn't get any pictures, really. because we were running around Trying to figure out how to fit Trick or treat lane, which is normally on 8,000 square feet basketball court. into the Edgewater room. which is 800 square feet. That was... 15 Trick or Treat Lane people involved fitting into that room. But it worked. The only pictures we did get were of the two best dressed at Trick or Treat Lane. And so I have that. I'm not. did happen to be two of our council members. And I also, so this is one picture of what it kind of looked like in there, but here's also, so this event is completely free. We raised $1,700 from sponsors to give out a free recyclable or reusable trick-or-treat bag to every participant and to put that beautiful ad in the Marin scope. And that's all raised by donations so that people can come and get the candy for free. in the hot sweaty Edwider room. OK. And lastly, we have Breakfast with Santa. This is an event that we started with the Sausalito Yacht Club. They have been great to work with. This event is really special because Santa and his wife, Mrs. Claus, get to come to the breakfast on a yacht or a boat. I'm not sure what makes it a yacht. and the kids get to watch him pull up to the breakfast. They do holiday crafts, they eat their pancakes, and they tell Santa what they want for Christmas. This event from the very beginning has just, I think it was meeting a need because we had 200 participants right off the bat, completely full house. It definitely is growing every year. You need to figure out how to fit more people in there. |
| 03:10:12.73 | Aaron Stroud | So in closing, I'd just like to say thank you especially to City Council As I was going through all these pictures to pick for the slide, you're in all of them. You're at almost all of the events, and it's just, I could have made this whole slide show about you, but I just chose those two. I'd also like to thank the Park and Rec Commission and all the sponsors. It's because of the sponsors we can put on these events, especially the volunteers in public safety. The nonprofits, my coworkers, Mike, Jeff, and Anita, and just the Sausalito community and a whole for making this job. I have so much fun. It's such a fun job to have. Do you have any questions? |
| 03:11:00.08 | Ray Withy | No. But thank you very much for a good presentation. |
| 03:11:06.09 | Mike Mirandaleeuxiern | So I just have a couple things to add. Thank you, Jeff. Thank you, Aaron, for the great presentation. It's important to note that... Our budget has expenditures of $744,093. We have revenues of $347,850. We expect to exceed both of these, so everything that you saw there, we are able to provide for less than $400,000 as a cost to the city. And I think it's bringing the community together and seeing pictures like this and seeing all the smiling faces, it's definitely worth it here. And again, I want to thank you, council, for supporting us, the city manager for supporting us, the community for supporting us. And then a group that Aaron didn't mention, but that's the Sausalito Records, which are the are the nonprofit branch, which provide all of the adult beverages at the different events. But even more important than the adult beverages is that that money comes back to Park and Rec. They've done things like purchase benches for us. We have a new dishwasher downstairs because of that. Just other things that we wouldn't able to have if it wasn't for the Wreckers. And John Lerner is the chair of the Wreckers this year, in addition to being the chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission. So thank you, John. And of course, I can't leave out Doreen there, who's on our Parks and Rec Commission as well, and active in the different events, as you saw her at the Gallilee Harbor there. So if you have any questions, myself, Jeff, Aaron, we're... here to answer them. Otherwise, we'll see you at the next event. or class. Thank you. See you at the next event. |
| 03:12:46.97 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 03:12:47.56 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:12:49.11 | Ray Withy | Okay. Thank you all very, very much for your presentation. |
| 03:12:54.88 | Thomas Theodores | Can I make a comment, Mr. Mayor, if we were going to? Go ahead. I just, I want to say that I know when we're looking at this sort of, you know, activity, you know, it's, you know, some things you can see value with statistics or numbers, you know. But this is the sort of thing, this is branding. This is pulling the community together. And it's also kind of what is, it's what people think about when they think of Sausalito. They think about, you know, people coming together. |
| 03:12:57.60 | Ray Withy | Go ahead. |
| 03:13:23.28 | Thomas Theodores | friends, neighbors, families coming together and really celebrating this beautiful town. And I just wanted to just say that because it sounds kind of corporate to say branding, but it really is so critical. And I know that it comes back tenfold in terms of business to our loyalty to downtown and customers and everything. Because I know a lot of the people who come to some of these events are actually coming also from outside of Sausalito. So anyway, I just wanted to say thank you very much for your hard work, and it's very appreciated. |
| 03:14:02.63 | Ray Withy | Okay. |
| 03:14:04.35 | Thomas Theodores | I just want to thank you guys for fun presentations and Jeff and Erin and Mike, and it was really, really good. And it's good to review all this stuff and how much Each of these events adds to the year and how much fun we had in the last year. So I want to thank you and thanks for staying late tonight and presenting to us. |
| 03:14:22.11 | Ray Withy | Thank you. All right. Next item on will be the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit overview of a new permit requirements. TT, you're on. Thank you. |
| 03:14:45.93 | Jonathon Goldman | Okay, from fun to regulation. To fungus. From fun to fungus. So it's late. Hopefully, we can get through this pretty quickly. |
| 03:14:48.43 | Ray Withy | to fungus. So, |
| 03:14:59.74 | Jonathon Goldman | We'll get it. |
| 03:14:59.81 | Ray Withy | We'll get a charge out of it. Just go ahead. |
| 03:15:01.95 | Jonathon Goldman | The city of Sausalito and, in fact, all the communities in Marin and all the communities in the state are tasked with regulating and improving water quality. And a big component of that is storm water. In the regulatory world, it's a reasonably new task that was added to our menu of things that we have to do. The Clean Water Act was originally adopted in 1970. The stormwater component got added in 1970. |
| 03:15:19.11 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:15:40.59 | Jonathon Goldman | in 1990 and then for small communities in 1999. And then just administratively the permit that started our program was initially issued in 2003. And then we took another couple years to tell the regional board and the state board what we were going to do. We adopted something called the Uh, Action Plan 2010, which was a stormwater management plan, which is the governing operations document for what we were going to do. That permit had a duration of five years. It was supposed to expire in 2010. That was in the middle of a recession, and the regional board is always a little bit behind. with regard to their activities. So they extended it until until last month where they adopted a new permit. The official title is Water quality order, they haven't even assigned a number to it yet. |
| 03:16:51.87 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 03:16:54.89 | Jonathon Goldman | The National Pollution Discharge Elimination System, that's kind of the overall program, whether it's a uh, stormwater or what they call point source, which is both drinking water and sanitary sewer. They're all issued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems permits. the permit. In your packet is a fact sheet from the permit. Here is the permit. It's roughly 400 pages thick. We're still going through all the elements of it, but the rest of the presentation will give you an overview of what the components are. |
| 03:17:30.48 | Mary Wagner | elements. |
| 03:17:41.98 | Jonathon Goldman | Uh, The old permit was adopted in 2003, and it's done to comply with the Federal Clean Water Act and the California Port of Cologne Act. Thank you. Marin County was pretty progressive with regard to the regulations. They saw what was happening in the federal and the state in anticipation of that, they got together and formed A task force that became a JPA, and the JPA is called the Marin County Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program, Next Stop. It's housed in Marin County Public Works, but it's funded by all the member agencies. They help us. There's a lot of components of this that are kind of large scale, you know, regional, both countywide as well as Bay Area wide. They help us with that. And then we are tasked with implementing the local components. Mixtop helped us with the 2001 or 2010 action plan plan and they will be helping us with the update of that plan. The predecessor organization to mixed stop helped us with the fee that funds this. Everybody who has property pays a stormwater quality fee. The fee was set in 1995. It's $15 per basic unit, and then depending on the size of your lot and the amount of impervious surface, you may pay a little bit more, a little bit less. But the study to document that was was administered through the predecessor organization to Next Stop. and the fee was adopted in 1995. So the Stormwater Action Plan 2010 has these five elements to it. There's land development, commercial industrial, illicit discharge control, municipal maintenance, and public education. I just listed those in the staff report. I thought I'd give a little more overview here. The land use regulation, we are concerned with regulating sediment discharge from construction sites. We're concerned that work during construction doesn't have problems with regard to materials handling, that the practices just things doesn't cause new pollutants. The facilities that they build try to capture pollutants and then landscaping and then operations and maintenance, all important things. Sediment is a fairly large factor in pollution. It's not toxic per se, but the mobilization of it interferes with habitat of small organisms which go up the food chain. So if we don't have the small organisms, we don't have the fish, we don't have the Clean Water Act goals or to make waters of the federal government swimmable and fishable. And this helps us with the fishable component. The commercial industrial use, again, deals with material handling, food waste, hazardous waste, automobile fluids have been the primary emphasis. Thank you. Industrial use, again, deals with material handling, food waste, hazardous waste, automobile fluids have been the primary emphasis within the last few years. We want to make sure that the sites are kept clean. They're not creating opportunities to mobilize pollution in all sorts of forms. The mere contact of like a bag of cleaner with water has some potential to mobilize it and get into the bay to try to prevent that. We want to make sure that drainage facilities on those properties capture pollutants, and then we want to make sure that they're also maintaining their operations. |
| 03:21:17.59 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 03:21:17.60 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:22:12.02 | Jonathon Goldman | Elissa discharged. South Salido's a little bit ahead of the curve because we have our own collection system. The regional board has targeted sewage overflows as the target discharge regulate in this next cycle. In the past, they've been concerned about accidental spills from the Costco Busan to someone who drops a little bit of gas from the Elanor filling it up and everything in between. They're also tasked with hazardous material handling. Municipal maintenance is another component, how we deal with our corporation yard. |
| 03:22:43.48 | Mary Wagner | done. |
| 03:22:53.64 | Jonathon Goldman | Paving it helped us this year. We had, the pavement had been so worn out that it was eroding a little bit, so repaving that. And then we put in some... We put in some facilities to allow us to decant some wet material that we collect. And then we also have modified a wash rack so that we can divert some of the wash water to the sanitary treatment plant instead of just into the bay. As our operations go, we do a lot of landscaping, so we're concerned about minimizing our herbicide pesticide use. We have a fleet to maintain. We want to make sure that the fleet is being maintained in a way that doesn't cause, we have vehicles that don't leak. We have maintenance practices that don't discharge wastewater. Our crews have to manage and maintain our storm drainage system, make sure it's flowing right and make sure that it's clear. Um, And a component of that is street sweeping. Bay Cities provides us some street sweeping services, and that removes a lot of material from the street surface itself. And then our guys deal with emergency response to try to do it in a way that doesn't discharge pollutants. Public education, we rely a lot on Next Stop to help us with this. They coordinate training activities for individuals, business owners. staff. They run advertising campaigns with both a local and a regional emphasis. They into larger programs operated by regional organizations. This year, right before the beginning of the new year, they funded a really nice calendar. We distributed 150 of them in about two weeks. Next stop funded the preparation of that. And then they also staff community events all throughout Marin County. So those are the five basic programs that our current plan is doing. The new permit keeps all those and then adds a whole lot of work in addition to that. some general things that we have to do and we'll be We'll be starting those. We're starting those right now. As they get developed, we'll be rolling those out to you. But the stormwater management plan update, clearly that will be rolled out to you. when there's something to review. I think the timetable for that is probably getting it done by this time next year. They want us to update our maps. We have maps from the initial cycle, but since that time, technology has improved a lot from the mapping standpoint as far as positioning. So they want us to more accurately identify our facilities both from a drainage standpoint as both from a state where we have sites that can pollute. So they are requiring that flood control projects start including water quality and habitat enhancements features. They're starting to do that with bridges too. |
| 03:26:35.60 | Jonathon Goldman | They want us to develop the monitoring program or to, more likely, that we'll participate in the regional monitoring program, which is – there has been one going on for about 15 years. This helps the regional board figure out whether or not our activities are improving water quality. They have a basin plan that all this fits into and it helps them give a measurement and an indicator of whether the policies are working well. uh, There are a number of special regulations that have been adopted. Sausalito, something called total maximum daily loads. Sausalito is subject to four of them. Richardson's Bay is probably the most known one. There's a pathogens restriction on that. Our creeks have urban pesticide, diazinon toxicity. total maximum daily load. San Francisco Bay has two total maximum daily load policies for, I think, mercury and PCB. Up to now, our stormwater management plan hasn't recognized those things. So in the coming up, this directive is that we have to start doing that. They want us to identify public and private sites with high risk of pollution discharge, and then they are particularly concerned about the marinas and marine and waterfront operations. |
| 03:28:22.38 | Jonathon Goldman | With regard to the five categories of work that we had that I just described, the restrictions are as follows. The regulated project size went from one acre down to 5,000 square feet. City staff must undergo training, certification, and continuing education regarding the proper development and implementation of stormwater pollution prevention plans. And then non-residential development, commercial industrial must start including water quality treatment facilities. We have to start creating a database so that we can track those sites that have water quality facilities to see if they're being maintained. We're obligated to revise our guidelines for... low impact development. They want us to adjust our operations so we start looking at things from a watershed standpoint instead of a site-specific standpoint. They want in the past, there's a term called hydro-modification, which is the technique the time that it takes runoff to get from like the high point in a watershed down to a low point. Sometimes development, historically development, has just made that very fast and that's created some harm with regard to how how water interacts with both the natural and the modified man-made. So they want for project sizes may not be so applicable and it's also because the project size is an acre, but projects that are more than one acre are no longer subject to hydro modification. And then we have to start using a tool that I'm not sure yet exists to document our compliance efforts. Elicit discharge, this is something we're already doing and we're already doing it very well, but the state board put it in the general permit that we have to provide. and move. to report on our sanitary sewer overflows. To the extent that we have storm drain facilities that have chronic pollutant discharge, we have to identify, assess, and abate those problems and report on them. I think we have been doing that to the extent necessary, but now we have to be a little more specific, call it out, and show what we need to do. Occasionally, that might mean putting some restrictions on the adjacent properties that are tributary to that. We'll have to see what that means as we work through those policies. We have to continue to minimize use of herbicides and pesticides. And then we have to start having on, we have to start testing water in the past. We didn't have to. chemically measure things under this new permit. We have to get tests, test kits. We have to get trained on using them, and then we have to report on our findings. Public education, they want us to do social marketing programs in a way that we can measure the effectiveness of the training. They want us to contribute to our regional marketing programs. to develop training programs for city staff involved with illicit discharge control. Right now there's not a very standardized approach to this, and there's a problem with There's kind of a general trend where you Common sense had dictated your operations in the past. Your procedures weren't written down. You weren't necessarily trained. These requirements compel us to start documenting, start developing operations plans and start implementing it rationally. They want us to do a little bit more outreach to the construction industry. They want us to do a little bit more outreach to consultants with regard to preparing stormwater pollution prevention plans. And they want to improve staff training with regard to site housekeeping inspections. So that's an overview of the tasks. We have five years to do all of that. Clearly some of them will be coming out sooner than later. Because this is kind of being rolled out, I don't have a really good estimate of what the next year's costs will be. Under our current budget, we allocate roughly $75,000 a year, which is in line with what we collect. Our costs for the current year are a little bit higher than our revenue. And the estimates that have been developed right now for the new permits, if we use the state numbers, they'll go up to about $81,000 from $78,000. So it's a small amount dollars-wise. It's a little bit bigger amount from a percentage-wise. But the range of costs, There's some question whether or not the state figures are reasonable. Their range of costs could be as low as $74,000, as much as $190,000. |
| 03:34:30.49 | Jonathon Goldman | that tends to be a pretty big percent increase on a percent basis. So $115,000 is... Thank you. roughly two-thirds of a person. But again, we don't know. So as we get into the budget season, as we get through the rules a little bit more clearly, we'll come up with better estimates. |
| 03:34:40.30 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:34:46.34 | Unknown | No. |
| 03:34:58.44 | Jonathon Goldman | and we'll start rolling those out in the budget discussions. you It's an important program. It's been a kind of quiet program. It's spread out between the engineering division, the maintenance division. outside, you know, Bay Cities helps us, and then they stop. And given what I was listening to the police, I have to start interacting with them to get |
| 03:35:27.75 | Jan Fidler | Yeah. Amen. |
| 03:35:30.55 | Jonathon Goldman | Lieutenant Freist's data from their marine operations. So that's an overview of you. Thank you so much. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them. |
| 03:35:44.25 | Ray Withy | Okay, any questions? |
| 03:35:46.08 | Thomas Theodores | Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor. I have a couple questions. So, Todd, the McStop estimated 2.3 full-time equivalents. Estimated, is that their estimate of consultants to help Sausalito? Or I'm a little confused. |
| 03:36:05.68 | Jonathon Goldman | I'm a little confused. The $310,000 is their estimate for the new permit requirements, county-wide. |
| 03:36:19.32 | Thomas Theodores | Okay. |
| 03:36:20.11 | Jonathon Goldman | So it is a 50% increase over what they're doing right now. Amen. Currently we're paying about $16,000 to McStop for their services that would go up to 22,000. |
| 03:36:44.65 | Jonathon Goldman | 18,000 is called. Thank you. I'm sorry. |
| 03:36:51.43 | Ray Withy | Okay. |
| 03:36:56.73 | Ray Withy | Right. |
| 03:36:59.06 | Ray Withy | Hi, Todd. With regards to the land development, I noticed in the staff report that the sort of regulated area has gone down to 5,000 square feet. Does that mean that we're going to have to do a lot more with respect to residential design review projects? Or my sense is we're actually ahead of the curve there a little bit in what we demand through our conditions of approval. Thank you. |
| 03:37:33.91 | Jonathon Goldman | Yeah, that's indeed the case. Sausalito lot sizes are fairly small. We don't get very many. I don't think we've gotten any one-acre projects So in the spirit of the right, The reason that the requirements had been applied, we were compelled to Within our stormwater plan, as well as some directives from the board, there's an aerial extent but there's also a topographical constraint. So we don't get, we don't apply it very easily on the area, but everything is hillside. So because it's hillside, it's fairly high risk with regard to erosion potential, and that's where we get the nexus to apply the conditions that we do. |
| 03:38:15.45 | Unknown | So, |
| 03:38:35.96 | Ray Withy | Thank you. Any other questions? |
| 03:38:38.67 | Thomas Theodores | Yes, Mr. Mayor, I do. So Todd, we know that this was coming up due in 2013. We knew that this was, I guess, back in 2003 evidently that that this permit was going to be expiring and that this added expense was going to be, you know, being looked at. Are there any other things coming up that we should know about in the next year or two or three that we don't know? |
| 03:39:01.69 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 03:39:06.45 | Jonathon Goldman | From a regulatory standpoint, I don't... I'm not aware of anything. We might have something with regard to Thank you. I don't think Well, the Sanitary District had a new NPDES permit issued for them. Thank you. And in briefings with them, the regional board has trying to get them some responsibilities into our collection system. Full meaning of that is not really well known, but I'm not aware that the regional board or the state board will be regulating further our collection system given, you know, already under the EPA order. And we're also required to comply with state waste discharge requirements on the collection system side. They don't create a specific permit for us, but there's some general requirements, and they've already notched those up. |
| 03:40:20.24 | Adam Politzer | Mr. Mayor, if I may ask Todd to maybe expand a little bit here. |
| 03:40:20.65 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:40:20.80 | Jonathon Goldman | Thank you. |
| 03:40:21.00 | Unknown | Right. Thank you. |
| 03:40:21.48 | Jonathon Goldman | Yeah. |
| 03:40:21.97 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:40:22.01 | Jonathon Goldman | So, |
| 03:40:25.59 | Adam Politzer | Just to clarify, this is related to the new permit requirements, but we still have unfunded construction costs in terms of repairing or replacing inadequate storm drains. |
| 03:40:43.57 | Jonathon Goldman | Yeah, the... The fee that we get goes into the Storm Drainage Fund, Fund 125. And the enabling legislation for the fee allows those revenues to be used not only for clean water operations but for also capital projects. We've allocated $40,000 in the current year's budget for capital projects. That's not even a drop in the bucket to address the backlog of repairs that are needed. In the next presentation, you might get some further discussion on what we need to do. Okay. |
| 03:41:33.02 | Unknown | I'm sorry. |
| 03:41:33.06 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 03:41:33.11 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:41:33.18 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 03:41:33.21 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:41:33.25 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 03:41:33.28 | Unknown | Bye. |
| 03:41:34.44 | Thomas Theodores | and I'll hold my other questions. Thank you, Todd. |
| 03:41:38.56 | Ray Withy | Okay. Any public comment? Without the public? Okay, comments? Okay. Todd, thank you very much. No, I don't think so. It's just a report. Okay. Finally, authorized request for proposal for sewer rates and storm drain asset replacement funding study. Jonathan Goldman. |
| 03:41:59.00 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:41:59.03 | Jonathon Goldman | Thank you. |
| 03:42:09.37 | Jonathon Goldman | Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the council, staff, and a huge audience that's waited until this hour to hear this presentation this evening. I appreciate your patience. This is item 6G in your packet. |
| 03:42:17.78 | Unknown | Yes. |
| 03:42:27.51 | Jonathon Goldman | We're in almost completely through a five-year cycle of sanitary sewer rates. I don't have a PowerPoint for this. I'm sorry. We're almost through a five-year cycle in sewer rates that were adopted by the Council. And as was discussed at the end of the last presentation, we also have the recognition that there are not only regulatory mandates but also practical realities of |
| 03:42:50.68 | Mary Wagner | THE END OF THE END OF THE |
| 03:43:03.00 | Jonathon Goldman | maintaining and reinvesting in our star drainage system that Council recognized the need to revisit with this current fiscal year's budget cycle in approving funding for some consulting services in a couple of areas. So staff has taken into account work that adjacent agencies have been doing over the last few years, especially with regard to wastewater collection and treatment services, and also taken into account the the realities of our ability to deliver and our priorities in delivering wastewater collection services when compared with the nexus of our current rates. And then again, taken into account or tried to take into account what we perceive as the the regulatory demands with respect to stormwater, the funding available from the current fees that we receive for stormwater, as well as the capital needs, and has crafted a request for proposals to try to get some help from the consulting marketplace that is experienced in these kinds of studies and these kinds of issues to give us some advice, to look at the rates that we have now, to look at the nexus for those rates now, and to look at differences in the nexus from what went into the current rates as well as to look into the future with respect to stormwater. So that RFP has been prepared. I've tried to highlight some areas of discussion and policy issues that are not necessarily questions that have to be resolved tonight. They're questions that in staff's judgment are worth the community considering and to the extent that council is willing to have consultants look at these issues and give us advice, we're basically asking your permission to include these issues in the scope of services that we would request the marketplace to give us proposals on. I'll just try to touch on the bullet points there for the benefit of people who may not have the staff report in front of them. But one of those issues, and you may have seen it in information that I provided counsel at the previous meeting, an issue that's come up for both Tamil Pass Community Services District and Saucelina Marin City Sanitation District in their recent re-evaluations. It's also a question and an issue that's come up. other rate studies and other public involvement with other sanitation agencies in Marin County is an evaluation of the feasibility and associated costs of moving the city from a flat rate sewer service charge for residential customers to an indoor water use-based sewer service charge. On the face of it, that sounds like a relatively simple thing. As a practical matter, it isn't. particularly simple and some of the documentation that was done for TCSD and South City and Marin City Sanitary District is kind of on point on these issues. But I think we owe it to our rate payers to continue as time goes on to make sure that we are being equitable in setting our rates and evaluate technologies and the other things that we're going to do and the kind of state of the art in figuring out how to produce the most equitable rates. We're suggesting an updated evaluation of the feasibility of alternative billing arrangements to improve cash flow and improve customer service, and that includes the feasibility of combined billing with other utilities. We basically bill a year in arrears in many respects, and the charges that our ratepayers pay appear on their tax bills so that we receive revenue twice a year. If there were an opportunity for us to receive revenue more regularly and receive revenue more directly related to the basis for the rates, I think there are equity and cash flow advantages there. We also are asking that we look at taking funding for grants and inspections and loans that were a component of a settlement reached in a third-party lawsuit under the Clean Water Act and incorporate those programs into our sewer rates. because based on our experience, based on the experience of other entities, there are significant components of the issues that we're dealing with in compliance with the EPA administrative order as well as some of the stormwater issues that the city engineer just mentioned that have to do with private facilities. And I think there is a significant public interest to be served by making public funds available to help facilitate understanding of those issues and facilitate repairs. So again, that's a recommendation. mapping of and capital improvements to private sanitary sewer facilities located under the public right-of-way. Another, in my judgment, important area for a variety of reasons. There are significant lengths, miles of facilities that are private facilities and yet underlie the public right-of-way in Sausalito and in other communities, and without knowing where they are and without facilitating the inspections and repairs to those facilities at a faster rate than we have been able to do with our current ordinance and our current programs. I think we are behind the curve on accomplishing the objectives we ultimately need to as a community in not only dealing, complying with the EPA order, but also in protecting the quality of Richardson's Bay, restoring the quality of Richardson's Bay, and making the community more sustainable in the future. Also, the prospect of establishing funding for some kind of an insurance program where owners of private facilities might pay the city to clean, inspect, and maintain their facilities without the city ultimately being responsible in perpetuity for the maintenance of those facilities. the possibility of establishment of funding for acquisition of a replacement corporation yard facility and divestiture of the city's existing facility. As the city engineer mentioned in the previous item, the city's corporation yard, which fully supports all of our wastewater collection maintenance activities, overlies a creek. And it's only last year that we were able to make improvements in the corporation yard that provide a level of protection to the waters that get into the creek from our operations that satisfies the current standard of care. But in the long term, the regulatory climate is such that it's probably strategically a bad idea to have a municipal fleet maintenance and basically industrial operation built over a creek, a water course. Um, Also suggesting again in the same vein with respect to the clean stormwater activities regulatory fee that a consultant look at the forecast on regulatory compliance costs and also look at a forecast on capital replacement costs and maintenance activities for storm drainage and give us advice on how the stormwater would be able to do that. Um... what are alternatives for increasing the revenue stream, increasing the level of funding for those activities going forward would be. As I mentioned at the outset, the need for this study was anticipated. There are budgeted funds available, were appropriated in this fiscal year's budget with split funding sources from the wastewater enterprise as well as from the Capital Improvement Fund. And I don't know that those resources will necessarily be adequate to take the consultant services as far as they need to go, but at least it's adequate to solicit proposals and find out from the marketplace what level of service we can get and select a consultant on that basis and ideally go forward with some of these studies. So our recommendation is that obviously if there are questions or changes to the draft request for proposals that you have before you, the Finance Committee wanted the full council to have the opportunity to review this and approve it before it went forward. But we would like to be able to issue the RFP and start the process of getting that consultant on board. |
| 03:53:37.18 | Ray Withy | Okay, questions? |
| 03:53:44.32 | Ray Withy | Jonathan, thanks for that update. Um... First of all, one of the reasons why the Finance Committee thought it was important to bring this up here is that there's obviously a number of residents who are already very concerned that there's a rate study taking place with the sewer district. And what I've realized in talking to some of the residents is that there's not a total understanding of the different components of our system here, that which we're responsible, that which the district |
| 03:54:12.99 | Unknown | Mm-hmm. |
| 03:54:30.79 | Ray Withy | that which actually residents are themselves responsible through the laterals, right? I don't want to, the hour's late, but I'm wondering whether you could just spend a couple of minutes for the benefit of those who are listening to explain the difference between the entities here. |
| 03:54:51.68 | Jonathon Goldman | All right. I am certainly willing to do that. And in addition, Thank you. would like to make available some some studies, some documents that compare the different kinds of arrangements that balance the three components that you alluded to in other communities. wastewater treatment plant. is owned and operated by Sausalito Maroon City Sanitary District. It's actually located in Golden Gate National Recreation Area in Fort Baker. |
| 03:55:30.36 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 03:55:30.38 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 03:55:30.48 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 03:55:33.94 | Jonathon Goldman | That facility receives all of the sanitary wastewater from their service area, which includes all of the city of Sausalito, everything within our corporate limits, as well as Marin City and, to some extent, wastewater from Tam Lofi's Community Services District, which is Tam Valley. The Tam Valley wastewater is treated, is transported and treated by Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District under basically a contract for service that they recently renegotiated, recently concluded agreement on. the Sausalito Marin City Sanitary District pumps and treats the wastewater from the city of Sausalito's wastewater collection system also under an agreement. But the charge to Sausalito customers appears as a separate line item on the tax bill. It's not a tax, it's a wastewater treatment service charge. The same way that they receive a bill for the city of Sausalito's wastewater conveyance charges. So there's a line item on, within the City of Sausalito tax bills, a line item for the services that we provide, which is conveying wastewater that leaves their private facilities, and we're responsible for getting to the lift stations that are operated by Sausalito Maroon City Sanitary District and Plumpto Treatment. |
| 03:57:11.34 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 03:57:20.98 | Jonathon Goldman | The private facilities part is, as you are probably well aware, and as maybe a lot of people aren't, consists not only of the plumbing inside a house, the waste plumbing inside a house, or apartment complex, or even a commercial building, but also what's called the upper lateral, which is the plumbing outside the building and for example, to the property line or something like that, as well as the lower lateral. In some cases, those lower laterals combine with other private facilities. So there are private common laterals and may flow, I'm aware of instances where there may be 10 homes that their wastewater is combined in a private common lateral and flows some distance downhill before it joins the public facility. The public facilities are almost always either in the public right of way or in an easement, but there are also numerous instances where They're public facilities because they're on our maps, and we regularly maintain them, but they're located in areas that aren't under public right-of-way or in an easement. So the simple answer I've given you, the more complex answer is that when we're attempting to manage our system to comply with the standard of care that exists in California in general, and the higher standard of care that exists because we're operating under an EPA administrative order Our ability, our authority to compel inspection and repair of private facilities and the information that we use to determine how important that authority is becomes really important and is an area where... |
| 03:59:17.09 | Mary Wagner | here. |
| 03:59:32.01 | Jonathon Goldman | Some of the, a lot of those issues were not taken into account when our current rates were established. And, um, where the the opportunity to change policies, to change the sewer ordinance and things like that also become very, very important. So that was a long-winded answer at a late hour to your question. |
| 03:59:55.40 | Ray Withy | So just as a follow-up, the... So is it right that our residents need to understand that they're paying really too their sewer rates, if you like, are in two buckets. That which Sausalito is responsible and that which the district is responsible for. And just like the district is doing a rate study, because it's ended its cycle, we need to do the same thing. Now, am I sort of right on that part of it? |
| 04:00:28.48 | Jonathon Goldman | Yes, and it's not, I think, that there's the clear unambiguous need. I think it is a matter of being responsible to the ratepayers to make sure that No. I think we need to increase rates, but that we need to regularly and consistently make sure that the nexus for the rates and the charges that we're asking people to pay are equitable and that they accurately reflect the cost of providing the service. |
| 04:01:07.96 | Ray Withy | So you've got in this RFP sort of bundled together a sort of more traditional rate, this is my interpretation, correct me please, a more traditional rate study and then a bundle of more strategic questions that need to be answered around how we set the whole rates, and that's being done as one project, is it? |
| 04:01:31.89 | Jonathon Goldman | Yes, the only, and perhaps it's semantic, but it isn't that I'm saying they need to be, and that's really up to you. I'm recommending that they be because I think they're very relevant and timely. But those are really policy questions, not purely technical. |
| 04:01:54.61 | Ray Withy | But the consultants who could provide this would be skilled and able to answer the strategic questions as well as doing the formal rate studies. |
| 04:02:05.24 | Jonathon Goldman | Absolutely, I think that's one of the selection criteria that is worth making sure is the case. |
| 04:02:13.84 | Ray Withy | And my final question is, in terms of the timing, how will some of the information around how we structure some of this relate to our budget cycle? And are we going to get this information in time for that? |
| 04:02:34.94 | Jonathon Goldman | We're largely because I'm somewhat late in even crafting the RFP, we're not gonna get um, a lot of information in time for the next fiscal year's budget cycle. But as information becomes available from the process, Obviously, we have the opportunity to make adjustments during the budget cycle. And as an example, to the extent that the council believes that rates should be adjusted or the council believes that rates should not be adjusted, the opportunity to make that decision exists. independent of the budget cycle. The stormwater piece and the regulatory anticipated regulatory changes with respect to stormwater, I think, does have budget implications, although I think we're in a comfortable position with respect to, you know, to those costs and the next fiscal year. So, you know, it's not a...in my judgment, we're late, but we're not late with an adverse effect. |
| 04:03:51.11 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 04:04:06.67 | Thomas Theodores | Yes, Ms. Mary, I do. So, let's see. So I heard from residents on this issue too. And one of the questions I received was interesting and I just want to float it out there, see what you think. Thank you. Um, would be talking with SNCSD regarding a potential you know, exploring a potential agreement with regards to transferring, I mean, because we've got these sewer lines that are you know, half his own by Saucerun partially owned by us and CSD. and then we have the private laterals. If there might be something to be worked out with SMCSD since this is Thank you. And I don't know if it's a good idea or a bad idea, but I was just wondering if there's a reason why we haven't gone there. |
| 04:05:02.93 | Jonathon Goldman | Well, uh, It's always a good idea to ask those kinds of questions. I don't think there's any doubt about that. And we talked about this a little bit, I think, at the last meeting. Our agreement with South Sudomarine City Sanitary District is older than I am and has not been revisited. |
| 04:05:14.42 | John Wallstrom | uh, |
| 04:05:27.96 | Jonathon Goldman | in that time period. THE DISTRICT, UM, And at a staff level, we are very supportive of looking at the agreement for service, addressing questions where there's an inconsistency or, again, perhaps most importantly, a change in the standard of care that warrants us dealing with it in contract to make sure that the ratepayers are getting the best value for their money. And that process, it's timely for that process to start. I think we have been successful at collaborating with the district and with the TCSD in the process. |
| 04:06:08.63 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 04:06:22.02 | Jonathon Goldman | communicating and responding consistently to the EPA administrative order, and it's time for us to keep that momentum going and look at the agreement between entities and look at, you know, even look beyond that. Obviously that too is a policy issue and one that I would hope that the sewer ad hoc committee of the council would take back up in working with representatives from the board of the Sausalito Marine City Sanitary jurisdiction. possibly TCSD as well, although they're kind of out of it in the sense that they have a different agreement and, you know, I don't know. There may be interest in and involvement, but I think at this point in time, the relationship between the city of Sausalito's Waste Water Enterprise and Sausalito Marin City Sanitary District is worth having that conversation. |
| 04:07:24.85 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 04:07:24.87 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 04:07:29.24 | Thomas Theodores | The reason I'm asking is with respect to efficiencies for the rate payer and for the taxpayers. And I'm just curious as to whether or not it might make sense for us to explore that before we went down the RFP road. |
| 04:07:49.52 | Jonathon Goldman | Well, I have an opinion on that, and the fact is that I would expect that the development of the negotiation of a new agreement and the exploration of Um... you know, the possibility of combining operations and things like that is not going to happen very quickly if the fire consolidation is any example. we have an obligation to the ratepayers that we have now to verify that they are being charged equitably now. And if we can find ways to improve on that, we have the authority to do that in six months rather than waiting four years. |
| 04:08:40.67 | Thomas Theodores | Well, was the trigger to revisit these rates, was it the fact that our the current rate expires. Does it expire next year, July 2014? |
| 04:08:53.56 | Jonathon Goldman | The rates that the council adopted through a Proposition 218 compliant process increased every year over a five-year period. So at the end of that period, they will stay... at their top level unless they are reduced. increased by the City Council and to the extent that the Council contemplates increasing them, that's subject to Proposition 218 process again. |
| 04:09:25.78 | Thomas Theodores | And that date is the June 2014, next year. |
| 04:09:31.45 | Jonathon Goldman | I can't remember. I'm sorry. |
| 04:09:32.39 | Thomas Theodores | I'm sorry, according to the staff report. So, okay, and so another, I'm sensitive about this because of, I feel, well, |
| 04:09:34.79 | Jonathon Goldman | Yeah. |
| 04:09:43.31 | Thomas Theodores | with the rates, you know, and we've all heard the feedback from folks about the frustration regarding Um, the equity issues regarding the rate charges. |
| 04:09:53.43 | Martha Breeden | Mm-hmm. |
| 04:09:56.98 | Thomas Theodores | What about... |
| 04:10:04.45 | Thomas Theodores | I lost my next question, so I'll jump to the last one. What? I notice that we're looking at selling the corporation yard facility. |
| 04:10:17.84 | Jonathon Goldman | What I am recommending that we ask the consultant to do is to look at how we would fund a new corporation yard. And I would assume that if the existing corporation yard could be divested, And I don't know what requirements were created when the property was given to the city for it. But if it could be divested and revenue result, I would think we would want to look at that at the same time. There's not, in my opinion, a reason to have two corporation yards. I think there probably a good rationale for having a corporation yard in an industrial part of town that's large enough to accommodate the uses that we and potentially the school district, potentially Sausalito Marin City Sanitary District, need looking into the future. |
| 04:11:25.96 | Thomas Theodores | I guess the reason I ask, well, I'll hold my comment, but... It says in the staff report that we would be divesting in this corporation yard and then possibly renting. Did I, renting another place or something? |
| 04:11:42.04 | Jonathon Goldman | MENTIONED. I don't remember that it said renting. What the recommendation is, as best I recall, is that we ask the consultant to look at how a new corporation yard could be funded, at least in part, with sewering. |
| 04:12:07.57 | Thomas Theodores | Thanks, Jonathan, that's all. Oh, one more question. Do we have a picture of what the total scope of the problem is in Sao Sudo with respect to the sewer situation. and what the cost would be. |
| 04:12:30.64 | Jonathon Goldman | The best answer I can offer is no. And that's largely because the only time we get to look at private facilities is when someone is substantially remodeling their house or selling it. |
| 04:12:44.56 | Thomas Theodores | What about for city, what the city currently owns? Do we have a broad understanding of the scope of that? |
| 04:12:52.07 | Unknown | Yes. |
| 04:12:52.80 | Thomas Theodores | Okay. All right. And because I recall that when the first rate was done in 2009, that That was looking at A large part of the problem, but I remember at the time you said it wasn't looking at everything, that it wouldn't cover everything. Correct. And so what is that big scope? I mean, do we have a figure on that? |
| 04:13:17.71 | Unknown | Correct. |
| 04:13:25.92 | Jonathon Goldman | I don't remember precisely, but my guess is that the answer is no, because during the course of the last rate study, we reached a point where the political feasibility of adopting rates that would cover more than what we had already identified just wasn't there. |
| 04:13:51.59 | Thomas Theodores | And so I understand what you're saying, that the feasibility of charging that much wouldn't have been supported and I'm sure it still wouldn't, especially during this great recession. But it would give us information with respect to when we're making decisions. For example, earlier in the evening when we were balancing, gee, do we go with this fund or that fund? If we know the scope of the problem in terms of dollar signs, wouldn't you agree we could |
| 04:14:18.83 | Jonathon Goldman | you |
| 04:14:20.95 | Thomas Theodores | Planet Hick. |
| 04:14:21.07 | Jonathon Goldman | Yes, although I have to point out that the sewer enterprise is self-contained. We don't have the flexibility of moving money in and out of the sewer enterprise. Whatever our users pay for sewer service is all of the resources we have available. To the extent, and this was part of the nexus for the current rates, to the extent that we can cover the debt service on borrowed funds, we can borrow that money. And the state revolving fund, Clean Water State Revolving Fund, is baked into the current economic model, if you will, for the current rates. There are some issues with that that I think I addressed in the staff report and certainly have tried to address in previous council meetings. The actual cost of the projects that were identified when we adopted the current rates have turned into being more than what they thought they would be. So the assumptions that go into how much improvement we can deliver for the rates that we have are worth revisiting and that's one of the reasons we're recommending this study. Jonathan, can I... I know that... |
| 04:15:41.26 | Adam Politzer | Yeah. |
| 04:15:47.79 | Adam Politzer | Jonathan, can I? Sorry to interrupt you, but can you just I mean, you're talking about you know, Gay 5 Road, Spinnaker, can you just, identify a few of those because I think that's part of what Five years ago when we looked at this, those were some of the projects that were identified and that we've been working towards constructing. Thank you. |
| 04:16:09.73 | Jonathon Goldman | Yes, certainly Spinnaker is to some extent a good example. It's a project that unfortunately at this point day and this hour we're still awaiting approval to award the construction contract for. But if you look at the original cost estimate for that work, |
| 04:16:32.71 | John Wallstrom | Thank you. Ooh. |
| 04:16:33.24 | Jonathon Goldman | which was done without the detailed design being done, the expectation was that that would be on the order of, you know, $750,000 or $800,000 worth of work. The work that we actually have to do, and I'm not talking about things that aren't sewer enterprise related, I'm not talking about widening sidewalks in this context, that project is more like $1.2 million. The Gate 5 Road project, which on paper initially also looked like, you know, an $800,000 or $900,000 project, |
| 04:16:38.15 | John Wallstrom | you |
| 04:16:41.86 | Mary Wagner | you know. Thank you. |
| 04:17:06.97 | Jonathon Goldman | We have gone through at the present time, three iterations of redesign on it. And the reasons are, Number one, the materials that that sewer mainline and Gate 5 Road are constructed of are a hazardous waste. And if we construct the replacement using certain techniques, the current regulations require us to and manage Gate 5 Road as a hazardous waste landfill. I recommend it against that alternative. The second alternative and the second issue is that we have differential subsidence in that part of the community. constructing a replacement facility that relies on gravity to convey all the wastewater to the pump station where it's then pumped to South City and Marin City Sanitary District facilities for treatment is a lot less reliable proposition when you're making an investment that should have a life cycle of 50 or 75 years than a system that does not rely on gravity. So we are now looking at a project that strictly on sewer is on the order of twice what it was originally estimated to be, so more likely $1.6 million. |
| 04:18:39.58 | Thomas Theodores | OK. And Jonathan, my next question is I know what you were saying about the sewer fund, how we're kind of were restricted with respect to the funds in that sewer fund. But I mean, can't we also use funds from other sources in the city? I mean, are we restricted to only what we tax residents to fix sewers and storm drains? Thank you. |
| 04:19:04.37 | Jonathon Goldman | First of all, we're not taxing our residents. The sewer rates. I'm sorry. |
| 04:19:05.20 | Thomas Theodores | And it's, I don't know. The sewer rates. I'm sorry, the sewer rates we charge. I'm sorry, raising those fees. |
| 04:19:12.25 | Jonathon Goldman | And certainly the council has the discretion to spend general fund monies to make sewer In addition, the council has, and one of the recommendations which comes out of what South Slater Marin City Sanitary District is doing, is revisiting the balance between state revolving fund loans and pay-as-you-go cash-based capital improvements and looking at other funding mechanisms, other potential sources of loans. |
| 04:19:50.27 | Thomas Theodores | And my last question has, because I, loans is, that's not what I'm thinking of. What about federal, are there any federal grants, any other programs out there that might be a source of added revenue that we could explore? |
| 04:20:04.82 | Unknown | I |
| 04:20:06.52 | Jonathon Goldman | Certainly, I'm not going to represent that I have perfect knowledge of what federal programs exist. But I will say that even the stimulus funds, the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act funds, were not grants even for clean water sewer projects. They were loans. and The 3% loans that are are administered by the state under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund are valuable, but they also bring pretty significant administrative and other burdens along with them and their loans. I am not aware of any grants, any federal grants, of the magnitude that would help with these issues. At think at this point, the expectation is that the beneficiaries, the rate payers, are responsible for funding |
| 04:21:00.91 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 04:21:18.05 | Jonathon Goldman | the improvements that need to be made to comply with the Clean Water Act. |
| 04:21:25.14 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you, Jonathan. I'll withhold for my comments. |
| 04:21:29.44 | Ray Withy | Okay? Public comment? No problem. Okay, let's finish it up with comments. |
| 04:21:41.32 | Thomas Theodores | Yeah, I would like to see us talk with SMCSD about, you know, kind of just explore potential agreements for efficiencies before we pursued the RFP. I also think it's important that we get a clear understanding of with a number regarding the scope of the problem. I understand what was said earlier about taxpayers, you know, funding the sewer repairs, but at the same time we have general funds, we have other sources of revenue. If we need to take a closer look at that and how we Um, distribute that, that would give us perhaps just another data point, you know, when we're measuring the choices we have here. Because clearly we've got some major issues here with sewers and with roads. And so anyway, just trying to... Oh, and my last comment has to do with the The listing of the corporation yard, the sale of the corporation yard, it seems to me that I mean, that is property that is city owned, which means it's owned by the people of Sausalito. And it seems to me that if we're, it was like a six bullet, And it seems to me that if, I just recall when the Butte property was listed in the OMIT meetings minute by parcel, rather than parcel number, rather than name. It's just very important that we put a spotlight, we in some way make it more front and center when we are looking at divesting or selling city-owned property. I just think it's really important because if we're going to treat these things like assets to sell and to raise money, then, you know, I think the people need to be aware of that and be able to weigh in. |
| 04:23:59.67 | Thomas Theodores | I'm coming. Yeah, I'm the corporation. Yeah, I think is a Jonathan, and you may want to address this because you said it in your initial remarks, I think your comments later were a little pleasier, but my understanding of this is on the corporation yard, |
| 04:24:05.28 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 04:24:13.43 | Thomas Theodores | This is not being sold for any financial reason or to fund anything, but it's purely for environmental reasons, meaning we have a corporation yard that sits on a creek that possibly could pollute the creek and our waters, and that you're looking to possibly find another one and to sell the current yard and use the same funds that – or, am I wrong, are you using it for any kind of financial reasons, other financial reasons, I should say. |
| 04:24:42.83 | Jonathon Goldman | Thank you. |
| 04:24:42.90 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 04:24:43.05 | Jonathon Goldman | Thank you. Staff is not recommending that we sell the corporation yard. Okay. Staff is recommending that we ask a consultant to figure out how we could acquire a new corporation yard. And to the extent that that divestiture or sale or |
| 04:25:01.73 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 04:25:05.38 | Jonathon Goldman | way of surplusing or changing the use of the existing corporation yard factors into the the benefits and costs of that Um... Potential action, I think the consultant needs to look at that. That's all. That's it. |
| 04:25:26.23 | Ray Withy | Okay. and you know. |
| 04:25:28.97 | Thomas Theodores | Yeah, just a comment that I hear what you're saying. And, Jonathan, I heard you, too, when you were. describing the corporation yard being, you know, near the creek and everything, but then I also heard a comment that the funds from, if it was sold, could potentially be used to, with regards to this project here. And the fact that it's bundled into Um. a staff report item where we are authorizing or looking at, you know, an RFP for a sewer study rate, you know, fee, to me it seems pretty clear that we're putting it on the table for a potential financial data point. And maybe that's my personal opinion. That's reading between the lines and reading from what I heard earlier. |
| 04:26:18.72 | Ray Withy | Well, hold your breath to see if that city yard will be ever sold. Anyway, yes, Ray. |
| 04:26:26.14 | Ray Withy | Thank you. I think, again, the Finance Committee recommended that rather than this go on the consent calendar, it come forward for a discussion. And in part this was because this is a very complex issue and we need a dialogue with the residents about an ongoing dialogue with the residents about our sewer infrastructure what rates they pay and what it covers in our sewer enterprise fund. So that's a dialogue that needs to be ongoing. What were... trying to authorize here is a study We're not trying to sell anything, not trying to propose a rate increase, not trying to Um, actually predetermined answers to questions that we're asking this study to actually perform. So it's an analytical piece, which also embodies a rate study which could be used then to move forward in the appropriate way. And for a discussion with the sewer district, if we were ever going to have one, I would certainly want all those facts in my pocket before I even entered into a dialogue. So I just do not accept the fact that you need to not get the facts and then start a conversation with the sewer district as opposed to get the facts and then decide if the conversation is warranted. So I would like to... make a motion. to adopt a resolution authorizing the issuance of a request for proposal for Sewer Rate and Storm Drain Asset Replacements Funding Study. Thank you. |
| 04:28:13.99 | Ray Withy | Second. Okay, all in favor? Aye. Opposed? |
| 04:28:18.59 | Thomas Theodores | No. |
| 04:28:20.64 | Ray Withy | Okay. |
| 04:28:26.98 | Ray Withy | City Manager's report. |
| 04:28:31.18 | Adam Politzer | I'm just going to share one item that I think is significant. The Public Works Director and I were invited by Nancy Horner of the National Park Service to join the stakeholders to talk about Alexander Avenue. the group of folks from the National Park Service that gave a presentation talked about a new federal grant that was available and they called it FLAP, which was federal lands. access program, which basically projects that provided access to federal lands we're eligible. And Alexander Avenue, as you know, goes across the federal lands there. Um, And so she and the Park Service coordinated this meeting with the Golden Gate Bridge, Caltrans, Transportation Authority, Marin, Um, and a variety of other people that were on conference and there could have been 20 people in the room, 18 people in the room, and another. 10 or so on the phone that we never saw and didn't hear much of. But at the end of the day, there was agreement of all parties that participated to apply for a $10 million grant through the FLAP program for construction and improvements on Alexander Avenue from Vista Point all the way down to city limits. They have a 60-day window. The deadline is some point in April, might be April 30th. And the Golden Gate Bridge, who actually owns the road, took the lead in actually applying for the grant. The conversation obviously was a lot more in-depth than what I'm sharing with you. heated moments, some celebration of moments, and at the end of the day, I think a spirit of teamwork of all parties involved, and so I left the meeting very pleased that there is an opportunity to go forward. As information becomes more available, we'll bring that back to the Council. it may be something that The Park Service comes back. and provides an update or we asked the Golden Gate Bridge transportation and What are they called? Highway and Transportation District. to come and give a presentation because they had a lot of information available at that meeting and we'll make that available if it actually becomes something. So in the next 60 days or less we'll have some knowledge of if we're going to qualify and if we also are awarded. some portion or all of the monies. The one interesting fact with the tunnel that goes underneath the 101 freeway there. Just that tunnel in the little bits on each side of it. Caltrans informed us it would cost $80 million. to replace and repair. And to our disappointment, it's not on anyone's list to do. And so I think it's our public works director's mission to make sure that it gets on someone's list. Even if it's going to be done in 30 years, for it not to be on anyone's list isn't acceptable at this point in time. So, but you know, that kind of gives you an idea of the flavor of the meeting. And the good news that there was agreement that all of Alexander Avenue should be addressed. for the city limits right up to this point. Um, And when more details are available, I'd be happy to share them with you. |
| 04:32:23.72 | Unknown | Okay. |
| 04:32:24.67 | Ray Withy | Any public comment? Okay, any comments? Next item, future gender items. Tom. Oh, go ahead. |
| 04:32:37.76 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. Well, I'd like to propose that for our next agenda that we consider adding a committee to act as liaison with the National Park Service regarding changes to Fort Baker. And I would recommend a five-person committee with one city council liaison and one staff member. |
| 04:32:59.50 | Ray Withy | Okay. All right, thank you. Any other? future. |
| 04:33:06.23 | Thomas Theodores | Mr. Mayor, I think Councilmember Theodorus has a good idea. with that Park Service Task Force. I think that makes a lot of sense. I also have raised this in the past, but I think we need a bicycle pedestrian committee. And we've kind of voted on this in the past and have a write-up on the committee already in the makeup. And just as an example, there is an individual in town who runs a bicycle shuttle service, I guess, which would really help alleviate congestion downtown. And this would be an example of something that the Bicycle Pedestrian Committee could, you know, take on to explore. So this is just an example of... |
| 04:33:54.95 | Ray Withy | How many parts of it do you think you could transport? |
| 04:34:00.28 | Thomas Theodores | Well, I don't know. It was just an example of what the bicycle pedestrian committee could |
| 04:34:05.78 | Ray Withy | A hundred? |
| 04:34:08.38 | Thomas Theodores | I don't know. |
| 04:34:10.78 | Thomas Theodores | I don't know. |
| 04:34:11.45 | Ray Withy | I don't know. On a busy day, we put on 1,750 bicycles on that ferry, so 100. And we've spoken to him before, and we've spoken to Jeff Sears. |
| 04:34:25.78 | Unknown | Well, anyway. |
| 04:34:25.98 | Ray Withy | I think at this time here, I would like to first let Chief Tejada and the Police Department. Curtis Gougs. They have meetings with the bicycle people, and I'd like to hear what they have to say. I haven't been in on those, and before we set up anything, I'd like to hear what the report is from the police chief on that. what the budget plan is for this summertime. |
| 04:34:58.87 | Thomas Theodores | And the other future agenda item I'd like to see is the Arts Commission. I have once again sent I sent it about two years ago, but with the new council I've resent it It's the original Arts Commission minutes that form the Arts Commission as well as the original resolution that form the Arts Commission. So I would like to see that on a future agenda to... |
| 04:35:29.36 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 04:35:29.74 | Thomas Theodores | you know, kind of get that moving. |
| 04:35:31.49 | Ray Withy | Well, I think you sent a note on the mission and wanted to use the same mission And I hope that doesn't lead down the same path as the Yacht Commission went. Thank you. Okay, it's 14 years ago and we're gonna use the same. the same mission as 14 years ago. If that's okay with the council, that's fine. |
| 04:35:53.70 | Thomas Theodores | Well, I can respond to that. I was on the commission for seven years with that mission statement, and we, with Jonathan Westerling and a number of people who are now community leaders in their own right in Sausalito, and we accomplished quite a bit. I think it's all, it all goes down to, It boils down to the appointments that the council makes to the commission. And it also kind of comes down to... |
| 04:35:54.62 | Ray Withy | I can, |
| 04:35:59.67 | Ray Withy | with that. |
| 04:36:28.98 | Thomas Theodores | the dynamics that can sometimes unfortunately and sometimes fortunately, you know, take things in a different direction. But I don't think it's a reflection of the Arts Commission. I think it's a very valid commission in Sausalito needs an arts commission. |
| 04:36:33.17 | Jan Fidler | Thank you. |
| 04:36:33.19 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 04:36:33.56 | Jan Fidler | Thank you. |
| 04:36:33.86 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 04:36:33.93 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 04:36:33.96 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 04:36:34.01 | Unknown | Bye. |
| 04:36:41.60 | Ray Withy | That's fine, but I like to be in the present, not the past. So. Mayor Weiner. Yes. Just point. It's not on the agenda anyway. Right. We should be discussing. Yeah, you're right. Okay. |
| 04:36:45.17 | Thomas Theodores | Thank you. |
| 04:36:45.25 | Mary Wagner | So... |
| 04:36:45.79 | Thomas Theodores | THE END OF |
| 04:36:46.06 | Mary Wagner | Yes. Thank you. It's not on the agenda anyway. |
| 04:36:49.03 | Thomas Theodores | We shouldn't be discussing. |
| 04:36:49.97 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 04:36:50.09 | Thomas Theodores | you |
| 04:36:50.16 | Mary Wagner | Thank you. |
| 04:36:56.37 | Ray Withy | Let's finish this up. I have on the... Okay, other reports of significance? No. Public comment? No. At this time here, the appointment to the Butte Street Property Task Force. I'd like to submit. God bless you. I'd like to submit at this time here the list of of this task force. It would be... Leon Hunting 10 around a circle. Chairperson. |
| 04:37:38.03 | Ray Withy | Jim McGibbon, 103 Butte Street. Brian Durnahan. 101 Butte Nina Krona. 11 Anchorage. and Stay Matt. I understand that. And that's 205 Buchanan. These are the five that I've chosen. They all Uh, property owners. and have a stake in that. Linda Pfeiffer is the liaison. And representing the Park and Rec Commission would be John Myrna. Okay. Any public comment? Okay. |
| 04:38:25.13 | Adam Politzer | Thank you. |
| 04:38:25.15 | Ray Withy | All right. |
| 04:38:25.45 | Adam Politzer | Thank you. |
| 04:38:25.59 | Ray Withy | Thank you. |
| 04:38:25.91 | Adam Politzer | Thank you. |
| 04:38:26.04 | Ray Withy | WITH THAT. |
| 04:38:26.62 | Adam Politzer | you Thank you. |
| 04:38:27.40 | Ray Withy | Mr. Mayor, |
| 04:38:27.97 | Adam Politzer | you |
| 04:38:28.04 | Ray Withy | Thank you, Senator. |
| 04:38:28.96 | Adam Politzer | Thank you. |
| 04:38:29.03 | Ray Withy | and |
| 04:38:29.86 | Adam Politzer | I have them here for you. |
| 04:38:30.55 | Ray Withy | I have them here for you. I don't know if... I have it all printed out, telephone numbers and everything. I've spoken to every one of these people. Okay? Move for adjournment. So moved. We did that. All in favor? Aye. Second. Aye. Second. Aye. |
| 04:38:48.72 | Unknown | Okay. All in favor? Aye. |
| 04:38:53.43 | Ray Withy | Good night, Mr. President. |
John Wallstrom — In Favor: As Library Board of Trustees chair, thanked the council, city staff, and foundation donors, and commended Abbott and library staff for outstanding planning and implementation, especially the children's area concept. ▶ 📄