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| 00:00:20.40 | Heidi Scoble | is live now we're going to admit the three participants |
| 00:00:21.23 | Alan Broadbent | Yeah, right. |
| 00:00:27.50 | Heidi Scoble | Good evening Mayor Cleveland Knowles, members of the City Council. This meeting is being held pursuant to section 3 of Executive Order N-29-20 issued by Governor Newsom on March 17, 2020. And all members are joining this meeting telephonically through Zoom and is broadcast live on the City's website and on cable TV channel 27. |
| 00:00:49.15 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Sarah Silver, Great Thank you and welcome everyone to this special meeting of the Sausalito city council and today is September 1. Could our clerk please call the roll? |
| 00:00:58.92 | Heidi Scoble | Thank you. Councilmember Riley? |
| 00:01:01.41 | Unknown | here. |
| 00:01:02.28 | Heidi Scoble | Councilmember Burns. |
| 00:01:03.75 | Unknown | here. |
| 00:01:04.48 | Heidi Scoble | Councilmember Cox? here. Vice Mayor Withey. |
| 00:01:12.27 | Heidi Scoble | Vice Mayor. |
| 00:01:12.97 | Vice Mayor Withey | Withy. |
| 00:01:13.76 | Heidi Scoble | Thank you. |
| 00:01:13.79 | Vice Mayor Withey | He's on mute. I've just... |
| 00:01:17.03 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | I'm not going to be |
| 00:01:17.81 | Vice Mayor Withey | Thank you. |
| 00:01:17.96 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 00:01:20.69 | Heidi Scoble | Okay, here. And Mayor Cleveland Knowles. |
| 00:01:24.14 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Yeah. |
| 00:01:25.39 | Heidi Scoble | All members are present and there is a quorum. |
| 00:01:27.95 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you. The first item on our agenda is item D1, Comprehensive Legal Counsel on Anticipated Litigation. And I will open that up for public comment. Just a moment. So Heidi, do you want to make the announcement about how members of the public can comment? |
| 00:01:53.90 | Heidi Scoble | Yes, at this time members of the public may address the City Council regarding all closed session agenda items. Public comment will be accepted by video or audio audience participation via Zoom. Video or audio public comment participation is limited to three minutes per speaker. If you'd like to make a comment, please raise your hand in the Zoom application and you will be called upon when it's your time to speak. To raise your hand from a phone press star nine Each speaker will be notified when time has elapsed. And it looks like we have Sandra. |
| 00:02:23.72 | Sandra Bushmaker | Good evening. Good evening, Council. Yesterday I sent you a demand for production of documents pursuant to government code 54957.5 with regard to this closed session item. And I just want to make sure that that request got to you. and I hope to receive a response soon. Thank you. |
| 00:02:48.54 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you. Are there any other members of the public who wish to make public comment? |
| 00:02:56.95 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Hey, I'm not seeing any. Heidi, do you see any hands raised? |
| 00:03:01.49 | Heidi Scoble | There are no additional hands raised at this time. |
| 00:03:04.59 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Okay, great. We are going to adjourn into closed session and we will be back in open session at 7 p.m. So we will. you all then. Thank you. |
| 00:03:19.83 | Peter Youson | She doesn't want to. Thank you. |
| 00:03:23.91 | Unknown | I believe at the moment, love was just an interlude. Well, your arms wouldn't fold me. The case of surrender sets the mood. Heaven fell down when you told me love was just an interlude. |
| 00:03:36.12 | Alan Broadbent | No. |
| 00:03:38.44 | Unknown | The magic of love surpassed too good to last. Magic my heart once knew was drenched in blue. There was a night all around me Walking the moonlight solitude Life of romance really found me Love was just an interlude Thank you. |
| 00:04:39.36 | Unknown | . . . . |
| 00:04:54.52 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:04:55.41 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:04:55.48 | Unknown | . |
| 00:04:56.29 | Unknown | . |
| 00:04:56.74 | Unknown | . Magic of love, surprise, too good, too good to last. Magic, my heart once knew was drenched in blue. The shadows of night all around me. I walk in a moonlight solitude. And I thought romance really found me. Love was just an interlude. |
| 00:05:09.97 | Alan Broadbent | of nine. |
| 00:05:19.86 | Unknown | Thank you. Da ba ah, la ba da da ba do do do |
| 00:05:33.90 | Dave Frisberg | This is Dave Frisberg, and you're listening to Radio Sausalito. |
| 00:07:10.02 | Unknown | I'm going to make a little bit more of a little bit more. you |
| 00:09:03.81 | Unknown | Radio Sausalito thanks Gil Purcell Sr. for generously helping Radio Sausalito create great radio right here in Sausalito. |
| 00:09:13.53 | Unknown | This little radio station is really impressed by the generosity of our listeners over the last few months. We know that some relaxing jazz is always good for the soul. and hope that during the current crisis, you'll continue to let us keep you informed about local services, as well as sharing some great music. |
| 00:09:35.22 | Unknown | We'd like to thank these generous folks who've donated recently via our website. |
| 00:09:37.02 | John DeRay | Don't. |
| 00:09:39.67 | Unknown | Thanks to Richard Stone, Ann Stevenson, Gary Pilardi, Brent Holt, Chris Matthews, Victor Alvarez, Mark Keough, Kelly Miller, and Carrie Hosmer. Their generosity enables us to pay our bills and keep our signal strong. If you're feeling so inclined, please help us out yourself by donating on our website, radiosausalito.org, or sending your donation to P.O. Box 397, Sausalito, California, 94965. Thanks so much. |
| 00:10:12.59 | Unknown | Here's a public service announcement from the Sausalito Police Department. They're providing disposable face masks to local businesses for distribution to customers who don't have their own. Distributing masks will help local businesses maintain compliance with public health regulations while keeping their employees and customers safe. Tell your local business to request their packet of masks by contacting the Sausalito Police Department at 415-289-4170. |
| 00:10:39.53 | Unknown | . you |
| 00:11:15.99 | Unknown | Baby, would you please come home? |
| 00:11:27.60 | Unknown | Cause your mama's all alone. |
| 00:11:38.49 | Unknown | I have tried. Thank you. |
| 00:11:47.45 | Unknown | Never no more to call your name. |
| 00:11:58.89 | Unknown | When you let You grow. I'm not sure. |
| 00:12:06.67 | Unknown | you |
| 00:12:12.51 | Unknown | For that will never keep us apart. |
| 00:12:13.06 | Alan Broadbent | Never. |
| 00:12:19.91 | Unknown | Every hour in the day. |
| 00:12:25.52 | Unknown | You can hear your baby sing. Would you please come home? Baby, won't you please come? |
| 00:12:58.07 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:13:33.24 | Unknown | Thank you. you |
| 00:14:00.96 | Unknown | you Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. Okay. Hmm. Thank you. I'm going to go to the next one. Thank you. |
| 00:14:26.97 | Unknown | Thank you. you Thank you. Thank you. you Thank you. Thank you. |
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| 00:16:33.06 | Unknown | When you left |
| 00:16:33.31 | Unknown | you |
| 00:16:35.22 | Unknown | You broke my heart. |
| 00:16:45.27 | Unknown | Cause that should never keep us apart. Every hour. in the day, |
| 00:16:58.30 | Unknown | You can hear your mama say Baby, baby, baby. you Baby, won't you please come home? I need your loving. Baby, baby. |
| 00:17:19.08 | Unknown | Won't you please come home? I want my daddy Come on, come on, baby. |
| 00:17:32.04 | Unknown | Baby, won't you please? Come on home. Thank you. |
| 00:17:38.63 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:18:20.21 | Unknown | Bye. And stars above that shine so bright. The mystery of their fading light That shines upon our caravan. Thank you. you Sleep Up on my shoulder as we creep. Across the sand so I may keep The memory of our caravan. |
| 00:19:02.92 | Unknown | This is so exciting. You are so inviting, resting in my arms as I thrill to the magic charms of you. Beside me here beneath the blue. |
| 00:19:28.19 | Alan Broadbent | to be. you |
| 00:19:32.57 | Unknown | My dream of love is coming true. |
| 00:19:33.50 | Unknown | Love is coming true. |
| 00:19:37.89 | Unknown | Within our desert |
| 00:19:46.97 | Unknown | This is so exciting. You are. So involved. you . In my arms Bye. . To the magic charm of you. Beside me here beneath the blue. My dream of love is coming true Within our desert caravan |
| 00:20:21.12 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:20:28.23 | Unknown | Caravan. Amen. Yeah. I know. |
| 00:20:47.72 | Dave Frisberg | This is Dave Frisberg, and you're listening to Radio Sausalito. |
| 00:21:10.94 | Unknown | Good night. Close your eyes and just sleep tight. Lie awake and watch you dream To be sure what they're all, all your dreams. All of you are, my dear. |
| 00:21:24.42 | Alan Broadbent | Thank you. |
| 00:21:24.44 | Unknown | Oh. |
| 00:21:30.23 | Unknown | Don't you worry about a thing. I'll be near to you all night. And through the evening I'll be by your side. So good night. Close your eyes and just sleep tight. I'll lie awake and watch you dream. Do be sure what that hold are your dreams. I'll hold you up. |
| 00:21:59.22 | Alan Broadbent | you |
| 00:22:38.52 | Unknown | While you slumber In case you If I wonder if a summer breeze just brushed your teeth. No, it's me and goodnight. Close your eyes and just sleep tight. Lie awake and watch you dream Do be sure what that old loyal dream all the people who are mine. Thank you. From tissue is just clustered. you I look at you all night, all night. Yeah. you Be, pop, pop, pop, My doubt and be about the dog and poor dog. No. I'm going to go to the next episode. No. |
| 00:23:58.07 | Unknown | David Ruda of San Francisco is a sponsor of Radio Sausalito. We thank David for his generosity in bringing community radio to Southern Marin. |
| 00:24:10.83 | Julie | Hi, this is Julie, and this week from the farm we have a very sweet serenade. We're celebrating the music of Louise Van Arsen, and she came to the farm with a couple of her dear friends. We had some incredible moments with Rebecca Paris and others who made it just a sublime afternoon here on Dream Farm Radio. |
| 00:24:30.96 | Unknown | Relax with Dream Farm Radio every Wednesday at 4 and 8 p.m. |
| 00:24:39.85 | Unknown | Woo! This is radio. That go where you go medium cause radio That's with you every night Through the long commuter fight And in the morning with your toast and mama lady-o Who listens to radio? No matter if it's a winter, spring or fall. Who listens to radio? Only $150 million. $150 million. |
| 00:25:17.58 | Unknown | million people! That's all. |
| 00:25:25.36 | Peter Youson | Now it is time for Tide Donuts PM, your afternoon tide report from Radio Sausalito and the Tide Guy, me, Peter Youson. Today is Tuesday, September 1, 2020. And today's birthday bros are Arch Pepper, 1925, and Conway Twitty, 1933. A high tide of 5.2 feet will occur at 12.39 p.m. It will be followed by a low tide of 2.2 feet at 5.45 p.m. The next high tide will be 6.0 feet at 11.49 p.m., followed by a low tide of 0 feet at 6.15 a.m. That's on Wednesday, September 2nd. All tide measurements are for the Golden Gate, so compensate accordingly. Today's sunrise was at 6.40. Sunset will be at 7.38 with darkness by 8.37. And this month's full moon will occur today at 10.22 p.m. There you have it. Today's Tide Report brought to you by Radio Sausalito. This is the Tried Guy. bidding you a good day. |
| 00:26:38.65 | Unknown | . . . |
| 00:26:46.63 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:26:46.77 | Unknown | you |
| 00:26:46.84 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:26:51.83 | Unknown | The snow is snowing. The wind is blowing But I can weather the stars. What do I care? How much it may stop. I've got my love to keep me warm. you Thank you. I can't remember. West December. Just watch those icicles fall. What do I care if our sickles fall? I've got my love to keep me long. Off with my old coat. Off with my glass. I need no overcoat. |
| 00:27:48.12 | Alan Broadbent | All right. |
| 00:27:50.47 | Unknown | I'm burning with love. My heart's on fire. The flame grows higher. So I will weather the storm What do I care How much it may stomp I've got my love to keep me long. |
| 00:28:41.97 | Unknown | Bye. |
| 00:28:56.97 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:29:08.42 | Unknown | Bye. . |
| 00:29:12.30 | Alan Broadbent | you |
| 00:29:16.06 | Unknown | . . |
| 00:29:41.04 | Unknown | . Thank you. |
| 00:29:44.85 | Unknown | Amen. |
| 00:29:45.96 | Unknown | Off with my overcoat, off with my glove. I need no hope. I'm burning with love. My heart's on fire. Yeah. |
| 00:29:55.87 | Alan Broadbent | with love. |
| 00:30:01.17 | Unknown | The flame grows higher. I will weather the storm. Thank you. What do I care? How much it makes sound You got my love. I've got my love. I've got... |
| 00:30:23.19 | Unknown | God bless. |
| 00:30:23.63 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:30:23.68 | Unknown | you |
| 00:30:23.95 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:30:23.96 | Unknown | I'm... |
| 00:30:24.40 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:30:24.98 | Unknown | you |
| 00:30:25.05 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:30:25.06 | Unknown | Thank you. Thank you. . Thank you. you . |
| 00:30:37.45 | Unknown | This is the moment I thought I never could live through But now, somehow that a tear, my dear, that foolish fear disappears. And saying goodbye seems sweet. It's plain. That fate. Didn't want us on a one. way. Street. |
| 00:31:10.03 | Unknown | Don't worry about me. |
| 00:31:17.68 | Unknown | I'll get along. |
| 00:31:25.86 | Unknown | Forget about me. |
| 00:31:32.97 | Unknown | Be happy, my love. |
| 00:31:41.56 | Unknown | Let's say that our little show Is over and so the story ends. So you |
| 00:31:59.60 | Unknown | Why not call it a day? The sensible way. And still be friends. |
| 00:32:16.83 | Unknown | Look out for yourself. |
| 00:32:23.34 | Unknown | Should be the rule. |
| 00:32:34.31 | Unknown | Give your heart and your love to whomever you love. Don't be a fool. |
| 00:32:49.39 | Unknown | Darling, why should you cling? Is there some fading thing? That used to be |
| 00:33:06.18 | Unknown | view I can't forget. Don't worry about me. |
| 00:33:58.60 | Unknown | Look out for yourself. |
| 00:34:03.58 | Unknown | Said always be the rule you |
| 00:34:13.47 | Unknown | Give your heart And your love To whoever you love, don't be a fool. |
| 00:34:30.27 | Unknown | Darling, why? Why should you cling? and some fading things. That used to be. Thank you. you Thank you. You can forget Amen. If you can forget you |
| 00:35:04.36 | Unknown | If you can forget Don't worry about |
| 00:35:30.97 | Alan Broadbent | Hi, this is Alan Broadbent and you are tuned to Radio Sausalito. |
| 00:35:46.97 | Unknown | love you not again. Thank you. Oh, my God. Thank you. I told you I love you, now get out. Everything's rosy and everything's jane, but just how much can a good woman tell? I told you I loved you. Thank you. |
| 00:36:16.52 | Unknown | you I'll deny you something I... you Leave your number and go on. Thank you. The doorway was slammed with your bottle phone. you you I told you I love you now, get off of me Baby Please leave me be. You need a puppet and there's no strings on me. Get out. You can leave on the 518. Now don't go away saying I've been real Cause like any woman I can change my ways And around trip tickets for 60 days Thank you. |
| 00:37:27.29 | Unknown | . you you |
| 00:37:41.97 | Unknown | you Thank you. You can leave on the 518. Now don't go away saying I've been me. Cause like any woman I can change my ways and rise with you. you Thank you. you Told you I love you. Now get up. |
| 00:38:15.99 | Unknown | Floating Records, a record label dedicated to helping local artists, recently made a donation to Radio Sausalito, which helps us share music with more people here in Marin County. Floating Records is online at floatingrecords.com. |
| 00:38:31.62 | Unknown | If you enjoy the pops and clicks of music on an old record player, then you're listening to the right stations. |
| 00:38:39.94 | Unknown | Radio Sausalito frequently plays selections from records, donated to us by our listeners, and recorded directly into our music library. Pops, clicks, and all. |
| 00:38:49.07 | Unknown | Mm-hmm. Thank you. |
| 00:38:49.83 | Unknown | If you'd like to give new life to that box of old records you've got lying around, why not drop us a line? Send an email to info at radiosausalito.org. |
| 00:38:49.84 | Unknown | if you'd like to see it. |
| 00:39:00.83 | Unknown | We'll arrange to pick up the records and then add them to our playlists so they can be enjoyed for generations to come. Donate your old recordings to Radio Sausalito. Just drop us a line by email, info at radiosausalito.org. Here's a public service announcement from the Kaper Center for Social Impact. |
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| 00:39:50.56 | Unknown | To find out more, just click on over to onwardca.org. |
| 00:41:35.86 | Unknown | Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. For nothing at all. Half a love never appealed to me. If your heart Never would yield to me. then i'd rather have Nothing at all Oh, oh, oh, oh. |
| 00:42:10.47 | Heidi Scoble | So we're almost up and running on that. |
| 00:42:14.35 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | So Heidi, you have another roll call vote here on my script. I don't think we need to do that. |
| 00:42:20.51 | Heidi Scoble | THAT IS CORRECT. ONLY FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. |
| 00:42:24.05 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Oh, I see. I understand. |
| 00:42:26.30 | Heidi Scoble | Okay, and then we're going to get our video streaming up. Okay, we're ready to go. Oh, and I'm going to admit everybody into the meeting. If you could wait just 10 more seconds while everyone's joining us. Okay, we're ready. |
| 00:42:47.36 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great. Welcome back to our special meeting of Tuesday, September 1st. We have just come out of closed session. We have no closed session announcements. So I'll move to the next item on our agenda, which is approval of the agenda. Do I have a motion? Move approval. |
| 00:43:07.53 | Councilmember Reilly | Second. |
| 00:43:09.13 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 00:43:09.16 | Heidi Scoble | Great. Could the clerk please call the roll? Councilmember Riley. |
| 00:43:13.68 | Councilmember Reilly | I guess. |
| 00:43:14.48 | Heidi Scoble | Councilmember Burns. |
| 00:43:16.16 | Councilmember Reilly | Yes. |
| 00:43:16.93 | Heidi Scoble | Councilmember Cox. Yes. Vice Mayor Withey. |
| 00:43:20.74 | Councilmember Reilly | Thank you. |
| 00:43:20.76 | Heidi Scoble | Yes. and Mayor Cleveland Knowles. Thank you. |
| 00:43:23.30 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Yeah. Okay, that motion carries five zero and we have approval of our agenda. So I'll move on to business items. We have one business item in front of us tonight. which is the review of new objectives, policies and programs in the draft general plan. And we have our community development director Lily Whalen here. So welcome, Lily. And I know we also have some members of the M group as well. So thank you and good evening. |
| 00:43:54.37 | Vice Mayor Withey | evening council members and members of the public i'll ask tom for tom is going to run the presentation here because we have a joint presentation. So Tom, do you mind sharing your screen and we can get that started? |
| 00:44:08.19 | Unknown | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:44:11.74 | Vice Mayor Withey | Perfect, so as Tom gets that started here, I am Lily Whalen, your community development director, and I'll be introducing this item tonight, which is a review of new objectives, policies, and programs in the draft general plan. In the interest of keeping with the city's commitment to transparency, engaging the public and soliciting public comment, staff thought it was prudent to have the council and public weigh in on these new objectives, policies and programs in advance of publishing the final draft the general plan and the current schedule for adoption of the general plan includes two hearings by the Planning Commission in September of this year and two hearings by the Council in October of this year. Tom, do you mind moving to the first slide here? Perfect. So by way of a very brief background that brings us to this item tonight, the city began the process to update the city's general plan in 2017. We went through several years of what we call an understanding phase and a visioning phase. And earlier this year, a draft general plan was released for public review. during that public review process, a four-member working group made up of Councilmember Cleveland Knowles, Councilmember Cox, And. on the Planning Commission Chair Kuhlman and Vice Chair Feller reviewed all of General Plan chapters, all the draft chapters. Through that process, new objectives, policies and programs developed which were tracked in a redlined public review draft that recorded agreed upon suggestions on a continuous basis. and that updated Draft was posted online after each meeting to enable members of the public to track revisions to the draft general plan as they occurred. On July 7th, the council held a study session on the draft general plan. All objectives, policies, and programs that have been reviewed and refined through the general plan working group process were published for public review. The council was asked to provide direction in particular on several outstanding issues. and a summary of the direction that the council provided at that meeting is on the general plan update website. At the July 7th meeting, the council provided direction on drafting of some additional policy items in response to discussions of the community was having at the time. These topics were related to age friendly policies, social equity and racial justice, and the reformatting of the sustainability element. All of the objectives, policies and programs that were developed since the publication of the April 6th draft general plan are provided in your attachment one to the staff report. Next slide, please. |
| 00:46:53.30 | Vice Mayor Withey | M group will provide some additional context and information on the two different phases of the drafting of the new objectives, policies and programs I'd just like to briefly mention them here. The first phase was, as I mentioned, developed through the robust public process with the general plan working group. the general plan advisory committee, and the Planning Commission in the spring this year. The second phase was developed after the July 7th council meeting per direction by the council on. these specific issues identified in the slide. Additionally, staff has conducted AB 52 consultation with the tribes. which was resulted in some additional policies and programs for the council's consideration. And then lastly, staff has prepared a minor modification to land use policy LU 119.2 regarding zoning overlays. which is shown on the screen here. The addition is the insertion of the words as part of the 2023 to 2031 housing element process instead of as a part of the upcoming housing element process so that it's clear which cycle this program refers to. And I think at this point, I'm going to hand it off to M group to go into a little bit more detail on the attachment one and attachment two to your staff report. And then I'll conclude with staff recommendations. Thank you. |
| 00:48:19.07 | Tom Ford | Thank you, Lily. So this is Tom Ford at M Group. We developed our presentation separately from Lily, so excuse us for this. mix up of the numbers. What we're referring to here is part one generally aligns with like really identified as phase two, phase one, or phase two, excuse me. So, Your attachment one has two parts. And part two. I noticed the late mail, somebody couldn't find part two. It starts on page 16, I believe. No more. Part one dealt with, um, that collaborative development of, um, policies and programs based on things that, um, developed in the community. largely since April 6th, the age-friendly policies social equity, diversity, and racial justice policies, and then the tribal consultation. stems from the public process that Lily talked about. So generally, it was using the published public review draft and at working group meetings, public working group meetings, GPAC meetings, and then some council direction on July 7th we went ahead and developed Thank you. policies and programs that you see in Part 2. Also in part two are a few, a very few, I would say about seven policies and programs that came from our work with the Sustainability Commission to collaborate on restructuring the sustainability element. So first with the age friendly policies, Council, if you'll recall, directed us on July 7th to work with age-friendly Sausalito, and we did. So the policies and programs that we developed with them. generally stem from A lot of the age-friendly material that they've brought before Council in the past. A lot of it stems from the World Health Organization. Sorry. getting a direction to start my video. The World Health Organization designation that Sausalito enjoys for age friendly. And so there's new material that's woven into the introduction. and a various number of elements. Additionally, following the community forum on July 7th. We, DEVELOPED policies and programs to make more relevant the statement that we reviewed at that meeting. We use locally relevant case studies, other communities that are dealing with these same issues and already started to establish policies and programs in their general plans. and you'll see new text policies and programs woven throughout a series of elements in general plans. Part of this slide you saw on July 7th, it gave you an overview or a preview of what we intended to do with the Sustainability Commission at their suggestion, which was to take the April 6th draft and restructure it. We've done that now, and out of that has come a few new policies and programs and so those are also an attachment one They begin on page 29 using the memos page numbering. And the final element, the draft of the final element is actually included as attachment two of the staff report tonight. The one that, the piece of information that the council might not be aware of is because it happened after July 7th and it happened through consultation with the tribe and with their legal counsel and through that we developed a series of policies, programs, and some language. We've previewed it to the tribe, and they suggested some edits, which we accepted, and those are now shown in attachment one. Additionally, here's the text, particularly if you'd like to see it as you have your deliberations, but this is the text that Lily referred to. the existing text that you had seen on July 7th and approved and then the staff proposed change in red italics. So we have that for your You see? That's all I have for the new policies and programs. But there were a few letters that came in yesterday and today And we wanted to respond a little bit to one of them in particularly. This one is from Community Venture Partners. It's about a two and a half page letter, so rather than try to scroll through the whole thing, I've taken some excerpts that we want to speak to. So first is that there was new policy created that eliminated the language barring housing in the Milinship. It was a significant change in public policy that was reported without public notice and it was unagendized, it had a vote and it might have violated the brown ass. So our response? is that on July 7th, the meeting was publicly noticed the general plan working, the general plan study session was agendized. And if you'll recall, we provided the council with quite a bit of material and the city and to community. via the website, quite a bit of material the week before. that we are asking the council to review, discuss, and provide direction on. Just want to know, that the general plan update that we're working on as with the 1995 general plan does not allow a residential use in the I district or the W district. |
| 00:54:12.26 | Alan Broadbent | I'm not. |
| 00:54:20.92 | Tom Ford | new programs that have developed or been proposed for the general plan update for overlay zones or residential related are citywide, they're not directed to any specific area or district. And then let me also say, that the July 7th meeting Um, which was publicly noticed. had two separate agenda items, One was for the general plan study session. and one was to receive comment on the DEIR. It was the third of three public meetings at which you took response or took comments on the DEIR. The letter from CVP, Mr. Silvestri, also notes the misuse of the word existing. We've gone back and checked and confirmed that all the text in our attachment one that identifies something as existing was indeed provided in the public review draft of April 6. There are very few existing policies and programs that were augmented at the direction of the general plan working group. And so those might appear as new and they certainly weren't even April 6th draft, but there is are very few situations where that could be confusing. Most of page two of the letter, really refers to an issue of numbering. Because we have started eliminating policies and programs at the direction of the working group, The numbering is shifting around a little bit as we move towards developing a final draft. So there is... We just want to say that As noted in the April 6 draft, land use 4.1, it was always intended to move to the waterfront element, which is now referred to as the waterfront Therefore. What had been LU 4.2 and its associated programs moved up to become 4.1. Attachment one references LU 4.1 and the sections A through H that it discusses and when council saw them, That is correct. Uh, the general plan working group directed many similar numbering changes based on the very detailed work that they did to edit and review the documents. Those changes occurred at public meetings that the working group had from April to June. Lastly, Um, Again, this is a numbering issue generally. So, there's discussion about twist 6.3 being mislabeled and therefore 6.4 and 6.3.3. It's again, The numbering moved around as we removed things at general plan working group direction. or change things. That's what causes the number to change. Now we get to the staff recommendations for this material, I guess, Lily, you want to come back? |
| 00:57:37.63 | Vice Mayor Withey | Thanks. Thanks, Tom. |
| 00:57:39.96 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 00:57:41.06 | Vice Mayor Withey | So staff recommends that the council review and provide feedback and direction on the new objectives, policies and programs in attachment one, particularly those that have been developed since the city council meeting on July 7th. The council will then incorporate that direction into a final public review draft of the general plan that we've published and reviewed by the planning commission on September 16th. September 30th and the council then on October 13th and October 27th per the public schedule and all of these meetings are opportunities for public comment Alternatively, the Council may consider circulating these new objectives, policies and programs to the public for an additional period of time in September. If the council elects to pursue this alternative, staff recommends that the new objectives, policies, and programs that are in attachment one, be brought to the Planning Commission meeting on September 16th with direction to focus particularly on review of those objectives, policies and programs that have been developed since the city council meeting on July 7th. And following planning commission and public input on September 16th, staff would recommend that the council direct the consultant to publish a final public review draft of the general plan which would practically consist of the modifications, if any, to the objectives, policies and programs that have resulted from the additional comment period for review by the council but their September 22nd meeting. So that's your second meeting in September. Staff could also return at that September Council meeting with a revised general plan update schedule indicating when the next Commission and Council hearings would be. Staff would recommend that the Council direct staff to then publish a final consolidated draft of the general plan after that September 22nd meeting. and then the council and the planning commission could consider the final um, general plan at further meetings for adoption, which again would be providing opportunities for public comment. That concludes our staff report and we're available for any questions you might have Thank you. |
| 00:59:57.58 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you both so much. I really want to compliment staff and the M group for putting together all of these comments and new policies and procedures in the intervening time since our July in a comprehensive way. So thank you for that. Thank you for the presentation tonight. I also just wanted to note that We did receive some public comment tonight about sort of lack of transparency And I just want to emphasize that Councilmember Cox and I, you know, did see the number of changes and we did talk to staff about adding this special meeting tonight. really to add more transparency to this process to have a full staff report about all of the changes that have been made to put them all in one place and to give the public additional time and an additional forum. outside of our regular meeting to comment on these. So I want to thank Councilmember Cox. And I think this is a great kickoff to the next phase of our general plan. So I hope that you'll get lots of additional comment and feedback on these new and updated policies. So I did have one question for staff before I kind of kick it off for other council member questions. And that is so community development director, you did mention in the staff recommendation that perhaps we have more public input on the general plan itself I was wondering if while we are doing that there's any advantages to also having additional opportunity to comment. on the environmental review document. Would there be any downside to that or Bye. MS. |
| 01:01:56.97 | Vice Mayor Withey | Thank you for the question. I think that that certainly would integrate additional public input into this process for the public to consider. and |
| 01:02:08.53 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | And there might be some scheduling issues, but we could |
| 01:02:08.68 | Vice Mayor Withey | And... |
| 01:02:12.34 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. we could address those. |
| 01:02:14.30 | Vice Mayor Withey | Correct. |
| 01:02:14.38 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Correct. |
| 01:02:15.57 | Vice Mayor Withey | We could look at that and bring that back to you on the 22nd when we bring back the revised schedule for the general plan if that's the direction from the Council. |
| 01:02:24.88 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you. Are there additional Do council members have questions. Councilmember Cox. |
| 01:02:33.57 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. Thank you. We received as late mail today, two letters from Cox Castle Nicholson, one dated August 5 and one dated September 1. Were they both received today? |
| 01:02:56.27 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | So is that perhaps a question for the clerk or for the clerk? Yeah, I don't know. So and I have not had a chance to look at our late mail. So I'm gonna open that up. |
| 01:03:11.88 | Councilmember Burns | I read one and it referenced the other one. So I think the other one was put in there because it was referenced in the, in the first letter. |
| 01:03:23.69 | Councilmember Burns | So letter one references letter two. |
| 01:03:30.66 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Okay, well, we'll see if we can get the answer to that question. Jeff, did you have I guess you cannot be unmuted. Yeah, there you go. |
| 01:03:37.53 | Jeff Bradley | Thank you. I just did a quick check and the August 5th letter from Cox Castle. Thank you. we did receive on August 6th. Okay, so it was just increasing |
| 01:03:46.94 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:03:47.01 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 01:03:47.03 | Councilmember Cox | and the |
| 01:03:47.09 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | So it was just included. |
| 01:03:48.31 | Jeff Bradley | THE END OF |
| 01:03:48.34 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:03:48.36 | Jeff Bradley | Thank you. |
| 01:03:48.43 | Councilmember Cox | Yeah. |
| 01:03:48.65 | Jeff Bradley | Thank you. |
| 01:03:48.75 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 01:03:50.12 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Okay, for the record that's Jeff Bradley from the group, thank you for being here. Okay, any other council member questions on the staff report. THE END OF THE END OF THE |
| 01:04:04.07 | Councilmember Cox | Yes, Mayor. I'd like to just ask a clarifying question about your statement. So you mentioned the fact that we scheduled an additional special meeting, but how many other meetings will the general public have an opportunity to comment on the revised general plan, including the programs we're reviewing this evening. |
| 01:04:28.54 | Vice Mayor Withey | All right. Thank you, council member Cox. So on the schedule that you have right now, the published schedule, the opportunities would be two planning commission hearings and then two city council hearings. Under if the council directed staff to have this additional public comment period in September, there would be an additional public meeting with the planning commission on September 16th. And then we would recommend this come back to the council at your meeting on September 22nd. So an additional planning commission meeting and additional city council meeting. And we would show you what that resulting schedule |
| 01:05:08.03 | Councilmember Cox | would look like for the general plan. So that's six additional meetings at which the public would have an opportunity to comment. And the last would be in October. the, |
| 01:05:20.97 | Vice Mayor Withey | Last would be, we would have to look at the schedule and we would bring that to you on September 22nd in terms of |
| 01:05:28.03 | Councilmember Cox | when that would be. |
| 01:05:28.80 | Vice Mayor Withey | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 01:05:29.07 | Councilmember Cox | But in other words, they'd have roughly 60 more days to comment. So it would happen. |
| 01:05:34.98 | Vice Mayor Withey | the Yes. from now until the additional period of time from now until the 22nd, so 22 more days, I guess. at least. |
| 01:05:45.36 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:05:46.47 | Vice Mayor Withey | Thank you. |
| 01:05:46.97 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:05:47.41 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Right, plus an additional four meetings. later on in the process. |
| 01:05:51.60 | Councilmember Cox | Exactly. Thank you. Those are all my questions. |
| 01:05:56.07 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Okay, there are no other council member questions i'll open it up to. public comment. And before the public comments, I do just wanna thank, I neglected to thank the members of the sustainability subcommittee that did a lot of work on the revised sustainability element. I think it's in great shape, there's not necessarily a lot of new new policies, but they're all really punched to the forefront and our commitment to sustainability is and the public who have been working on this. sat through our general plan working group meetings and our GPAC meetings and our city council meetings and planning commission meetings. I hope that you can see how many of your suggestions and thoughtful input have resulted in great new policies. So it's very exciting. All right, I'll open it up to public comment. I see Peter Van Meter and then Sandra Bushmaker. Good evening, Peter. |
| 01:07:03.45 | Peter Van Meter | Good evening. Thank you for this special meeting. I just have two comments tonight. First is you already heard my testimony in submittal. about incorporating the downtown plaza into the general plan. I won't go through that testimony again, but I did give you an updated report in your late mail tonight. Understandably after the marathon meeting on July 7th, when that was up for consideration, you did run out of time. I understand that fully. And I hope that you in fact, vote those changes into the general plan tonight. Thank you for that. Secondly, my comment is on the new proposed text. in particular regarding LU 4.1.1. and the suggested addition of item G. relative to parcel by parcel zoning in the marineship. This is a concept that was carried over from the specific plan, one of the major deficiencies and faults of the specific plan. The GPAC rejected that concept. on at least two different occasions. And my recollection is that the general planning working group as well rejected the concept of parcel by parcel zoning. So I strongly recommend that item 4.1.1.G, in fact, not be included in the general plan update. Thank you. |
| 01:08:29.33 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you. Okay, Sandra Bushmaker, welcome. |
| 01:08:44.92 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Not here, Sandra. There she is. Sandra, you're on mute. Let's see if we can get you unmuted. Thank you. |
| 01:08:54.17 | Sandra Bushmaker | There we go. Okay, I'm unmuted. I am thoroughly confused now with the mention of further comments on the DEIR. I don't understand where it fits into the schedule, whether it prolongs the comment period. or it's being jammed into your existing schedule. So I think that needs to be really clarified for the public. Um, And secondly, as I stated in my written correspondence to you, I fail to understand why we're having a special meeting on this issue. with so much new information. I am very concerned that the public has not had an opportunity to digest it and to even realize that there was a special meeting being held tonight. And so I want to register my concern. about the exposure to the public. I disagree that we've had robust public input and debate. We have not And we've had opportunities to speak, such as now, But that's it. There's been really no. Robust public process and I wish to state my objection on that grounds. So if we could get a clarification of this schedule for comments on, are you reopening the draft environmental impact report? Are you extending the comment deadline. Just what is the plan with regard to the DEIR? Thank you. Great. |
| 01:10:29.97 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. Alice Merrill, welcome. |
| 01:10:35.42 | Alice Merrill | Hi. |
| 01:10:37.11 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 01:10:37.29 | Alice Merrill | Thank you. Oh boy, I don't really want to start my video, but there you are, you started it. |
| 01:10:44.01 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | I don't want to say mine either, Alice. What? |
| 01:10:48.06 | Alice Merrill | Um, I am continuing to be discouraged. Um, . The housing element is what I have to talk about. in the Marin ship, the housing element as an overlay on the Marin ship. I'm not sure. Thank you. Yeah. It's not appropriate, it shouldn't be there. It follows one person's continued requests. all the letters that you have say This is going too fast, too furiously. I've said it a thousand times. Um, I have some. written notes, believe it or not, which is unusual for me. So, If you add housing element to the general plan that includes the Marin shift, That is going to make what happens down there, it's so much easier to go wrong It's irreversible once it happens. And, That area is so unique, so special. I don't. I don't know if you all don't have boats, if you don't understand this, if you don't care, there's so much money that's brought in in that area, we're losing money. a really important person down there because the city just isn't supporting that the, the, the industry that's down there, I, I, I don't understand. Yeah. I... There's so many people who have written really, really good letters, thoughtful, They ask why this? Why are you pushing this? Why do you have a special meeting that is like seven or eight items down in the currents? that is just a special meeting. Who even sees those things? really, unless you're really paying attention. Why? Why is this happening? Why? Um, it was, ah, I'm so discouraged. Sandra Bushmaker and Pat Zook, those two have been here for so many years. And they've been really contributing to this town in both committees and in elected positions. They are much more articulate than I am. They've spaded out what works, what doesn't work. And once again, it's just like pushing, pushing, pushing. Lilly calls it robust. I don't think we've had a robust conversation. I think we've asked for that. We've asked for a slowdown so that they can be robust, but it's these little three minute segments that really aren't. Okay. So, um, The working group, the general plan working group work very hard but they consistently said no housing element and yet You mayor said, why not? It's there, it's good, it's big, it's open, why not? The reasons why not are so huge. |
| 01:14:10.51 | Heidi Scoble | With all due respect to Alice, your three minutes has elapsed. |
| 01:14:10.54 | Alice Merrill | with all two. Oh my gosh, no kidding. |
| 01:14:14.96 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Well, thanks anyway. So Alice, you can finish that sentence if you'd like, and then we'll go to our next. |
| 01:14:20.38 | Alice Merrill | There's more, I just don't understand why. why this council isn't listening to the general plan group and the working group. to not do that and you guys voted four to one. to put the housing element down there. I don't get it. Thank you. |
| 01:14:38.57 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | All right. Thank you. Okay. got Sybil Boutillier and then Jean Duret |
| 01:14:57.99 | Sybil Boutillier | Good evening, Mayor, Councilmembers, and friends I just want to thank the City Council for the their vision in bringing Sal Salido into the modern planning world. in terms of including the elements that some of the elements that we're looking at tonight which puts us in sync with the California Master Plan, as well as planning this going on worldwide as part of the decade of healthy aging. As we all know, longevity is increasing everywhere in the world as well as here in California and here in Salsalito. Um, doing this planning now. for the next 20 years. gives us really a foundation for being able to adapt and support our population the needs of our population going forward And some of the principles that we'll be looking at tonight are principles that are the five main goals of the California master plan, which is that Californians will be able to stay in their homes or communities as they choose, as they grow older. that California neighborhoods will have environments that are meaningful for older adults and lifelong opportunities for civic engagement. volunteering and leadership. Um, a affordable, community, living opportunities and Um, person-centered healthcare, which isn't exactly what we're dealing with here, but that will have policies that will promote well-being throughout the lifespan of individuals. also that Californians will have opportunities despite certain incapacity such as mobility issues and so forth to live a full life in their communities, including impossible employment opportunities near to where they live as they continue in the third phase of life, which is more and more vibrant as modern medicine is helping us all to to live healthier, longer. And then the final thing that California has added as a major element is to deal with the issues of ageism and equity. Um, And we're also looking at that tonight. and looking at provisions to make sure that Sausalito is in the forefront of welcoming and embracing and supporting through our policies and our built environment all the different Um, of the population. I just want to thank you all very much for considering Um, these different new policies. Some of these things, of course, were already built into the general plan. But others are just highlighted a little more or more specifically, or in a few new things that have been brought in for your consideration. So I just wanna thank you so much for that process. |
| 01:18:56.08 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great. Thank you so much, Sybil. Okay, John DeRay and then I see Jan Johnson. And if there are other people here who would like to speak, please raise your hand. |
| 01:19:09.23 | John DeRay | Hello, can you hear me? |
| 01:19:10.46 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Yes, we can. Welcome. |
| 01:19:12.59 | John DeRay | Thank you, Mary. Thank you, City Council, for all your hard work. It's really appreciated. Um, Today related to the general plan discussion, I want to talk about Gary Testa's situation For those of you who don't know his company in the marine ship is Engineered Fluids. Gary is a member of the Economic Development Committee and he's on the advisory board of the Sausalito Working Waterfront Coalition. |
| 01:19:33.61 | Alan Broadbent | Thank you. |
| 01:19:38.61 | John DeRay | And the reason why this community received over 700 refills of hand sanitizer at no cost, including the library. Gary's facilities and licenses were used to produce 45 gallons of hand sanitizer. Gary's month-to-month lease is being terminated. I was disappointed to learn that only one city council member reached out directly to Gary to offer some help. There are a lot of outreach plans. and programs for our restaurants and retail retailers, but nothing for Gary. It's kind of ironic that Gary provided hand sanitizer to this Chamber of Commerce to distribute to the restaurants. Gary just finalized a round of funding and was about to fill about 20 new engineering and technician positions in the Marine ship. |
| 01:20:16.17 | Alan Broadbent | Thank you. |
| 01:20:21.15 | John DeRay | We are losing Gary. to an amphibious tourist duck boat similar to the one that capsized in Missouri in 2018 and killed 17 people. Gary losing his lease is legal and at the discretion of the property owner. The problem is after 35, after 30 years of inadequate enforcement, of the Marineship specific plan. are no other locations that fit his needs i know because i helped him look The identical warehouse building next door was remodeled in 2018. and now houses the corporate headquarters of a company that designs women's swimwear. This is in the industrial zone. How do you think all these offices will fare with the new work from home movement. Some members of the city council problem proudly point to the new proposed Marine ship vision that claims to protect light industry, maritime and artists. We are told that most, but not all, the protections of the Marineship-specific plan will be carried into the new general plan. but it's now. clearly apparent that this idea of protecting our vital and diverse industrial and other marine ship businesses is a hollow promise. even with the full force of the Marineship specific plan. Gary's business could not be saved. Can you imagine what will happen when the protections of the Marineship specific plan are further loosened to accommodate housing more diverse uses, more hedge funds, real estate investment companies, more law firms, and other not currently allowable uses. Can you imagine? our artists and maritime and industrial capital craftsmen competing with these companies for rents. The good news is that our working waterfront maritime and industrial companies are as busy as they've ever been, despite the pandemic. and they're all looking for additional space, which they cannot find. The other good news for Gary is that San Rafael is welcoming. him and his 20 new jobs with open arms. I have a comment on another unrelated item, view corridors. View corridors are an asset that belongs to all of Sausalito's residents and are not to be given away to accommodate a landowner that already has three stories and was well aware. of view corridor restrictions when the property which was purchased The view from Bridgeway across to Tiburon and Richardson |
| 01:22:35.83 | Heidi Scoble | Thank you. John, with all due respect, your three minutes has elapsed. |
| 01:22:40.37 | John DeRay | I have one last sentence. Can I finish one sentence? Yes, you may. Angel Island Beyond is an integral park. the look and feel of our town perhaps some people who have a panoramic panoramic view from their homes on the hill do not have the same appreciation as those residents who live on the flats. Thank you for your time. |
| 01:23:00.59 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. Okay, and Jan Johnson. And I do not see any other members of the public with their hand raised, but please raise your hand now if you'd like to speak. Jan, welcome. |
| 01:23:12.82 | Jan Johnson | I, Um, I'm going to carry on in the same theme. One, I don't think this process is very democratic. I think having a vote before the election, when the council is I think what you call lame duck, is not a good idea. I think the last minute publication of information makes it all but impossible for your citizens to review what is being done. I think the fact that both planning groups. It's... working with the city have said no residential development in the Marin ships, is being ignored by the majority of the council is pretty much reprehensible. there is a large discussion about environmental justice, the last place you wanna put housing. is in a flood zone that has both subsidence and rising sea waters and a huge amount of toxic waste. It just makes Utterly no sense. to put residential buildings into the marine ships. |
| 01:24:29.57 | Jan Johnson | It boggles my mind that the council would ignore this. and insist on doing residential development. The last place I want to be in the next 10 years is toddling around when I'm 80 in a water zone with toxic waste. Yeah. That's all I had to say, it's just unconscionable if this is being pushed. Thank you. |
| 01:24:58.74 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 01:24:58.76 | Jan Johnson | All right. |
| 01:24:58.96 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. Next, I have Susan Shea, iPad. Welcome. |
| 01:25:06.91 | Heidi Scoble | Thank you. |
| 01:25:11.65 | Heidi Scoble | Susan has been unmuted. |
| 01:25:18.45 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | I cannot hear Susan, but I can see her talking. So let's try to get her unmuted. |
| 01:25:37.24 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | So Heidi, is this on our end or on? It's on. |
| 01:25:40.98 | Heidi Scoble | It's on Susie's end. Thank you. |
| 01:25:43.77 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | There we go. |
| 01:25:44.07 | Heidi Scoble | I know. |
| 01:25:44.46 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 01:25:44.49 | Susan Shea | I know. Sorry for the technological deficiencies. No worries. |
| 01:25:49.20 | Jan Johnson | Thank you. |
| 01:25:49.22 | Heidi Scoble | No worries. |
| 01:25:49.69 | Jan Johnson | Thank you. |
| 01:25:50.45 | Susan Shea | Good evening, everyone. And again, thank you for all of the work that you've done on this project. I guess following up on Jan Johnson's comments, It seems to me that this general plan, which is supposed to be our roadmap for the next 20 years. needs more work. because of the current COVID-19. which will go on for another two years. pretty clearly. And the. subsidence and sea level rise, which will inevitably, affect this area. I do not, I cannot understand. I can make up a lot A lot of theories about why this has to be done before the election. But none of them make any sense. They're all kind of sinister. Um, I'm... I would really like you to think about leaving this alone into after the election when we have a new president And we better know what COVID is going to look like. And. we can be better prepared with new blood on the council to look at this and hopefully have better ways of interacting. to create a democratic process. I feel like I've lived here 40 years and I'm not trying to get into the Olympics of how long I've been here. I think it's a good thing. This is ghastly. I've never in my life seen anything like this where We have these consultants that insert things. We had a big meeting and everything we said at the big meeting has kind of just been kind of paved over. Um, So I would strongly suggest that you put the final final of this plan for after the election. And did, I'm not clear when the DEIR is due or coming back or So those are the kinds of questions I have. Thank you for your... |
| 01:28:08.25 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. Meg Fawcett, welcome. |
| 01:28:13.58 | Meg Fawcett | there. Can you see me? No, I can't see me. I'm going to start my... Okay, I just wanted to thank you for Um, allowing a robust age-friendly community element I'm not sure. I think it's really important. It's a continuation of a lot of work that started with Sausalito village and then Sybil's work health organization and I'm very, very happy to see it. Um, and the updated 2040 plan. And I also wanted to commend you for the sustainability element. And but, I wanna commend you as well for working as hard as you have over the past three years. and for the vote that you had. to allow a policy housing. throughout the city. A policy doesn't mean that anything will be built necessarily. It's just keeping an open mind. And that's, I believe. in very strongly. So thank you. The only question I have for the age-friendly element language is it seems to be pretty repetitive. in different ways. land use and economic etc. makes a lot of sense. It's almost a repetition of the same words. in different parts of it. that could be cleaned up if you chose to do so. Thank you. |
| 01:29:41.40 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you very much. Okay, next I've got Paul Dines and then Kay Carlson. |
| 01:29:54.65 | Paul Dines | Good evening, Madam Mayor and the council members. |
| 01:29:54.70 | Alan Broadbent | Good evening, madam. |
| 01:29:57.74 | Paul Dines | My name is Paul Dines. I'm a, For those of you that don't know me, run a small business in Sausalito with Merino, Neil, a little charter business there. And I understand at this moment, we're now giving time to have the comment public to have the public comment on the revisions that the M group has provided. and whether there should be a subsequent review by the residents of Sausalito before it becomes the final draft. |
| 01:30:29.61 | Alan Broadbent | Thank you. |
| 01:30:31.23 | Paul Dines | and I would just like to encourage the city council and you in particular, the mayor, to account for the difficulties that the COVID and the smoke have brought as far as the residents' ability to be involved with the process and allowing allowing, you know, in a representative democracy, we count on that ability to have an influence on the process. and allowing extra time for that review really assures that the document which will have a 20 year lifespan is as reflective of the will of its residents as it can be, of course that's the highest priority and not expediency. |
| 01:31:12.56 | Alan Broadbent | and we're going to be |
| 01:31:17.47 | Paul Dines | So I appreciate the good work you've done so far and would encourage you to to allow that the additional meetings will be held and that the residents and stakeholders of Sausalito can participate in that process fully. Thank you. |
| 01:31:36.30 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you. Kay Carlson, and this is the last hand that I see raised so if there are additional. Public commenters, please raise your hand. |
| 01:31:45.70 | Kay Carlson | Welcome. Welcome. I'm trying to be able to show up, start video. Okay. I'm not sure. Good evening, Madam Mayor and city council members. I'm shocked. at the speed that this is going. And mayor, I had an invitation for you to come down to the industrial center building and visit us and I never heard back from you. Um, because I really think that You are disconnected from the marine ship. Um, I would really like that to happen. I'd like you to see the people who are there and to. to get a firsthand view of more of it. I'm not sure. 30 years ago when I moved into the ICB, I could drive in my parking lot Now. There are many, many times when I can't get in the parking lot because it is underwater. So why are we having seniors move into that area? for another 20 years, the water will be up higher. That makes absolutely no sense to me. And I also think that you are not seeing the incredible community you have there and the artists that you have there, they're a treasure in the whole Bay Area. And once this cavalcade starts, So, I don't see there being any return. for the the destruction of this area. Annette Rose and Tim Rose We're my friends. Annette is still alive. Tim was my partner in forming we're in open studios. Annette rose. I can see her language all over the maroon ship plan. I can see their incredible creativity and ingenuity at making this place, unusual. artistic, unique, a mecca for Northern California. just as Marin is. So I don't want people to be going to San Rafael. I want them to stay in Sausalito and I want, to have what it needs, but not at the expense of the And I beg you to slow this process down and listen to the community there. Come down, all of you city council, come down there and say hello to us. We'd love to talk to you. and to show you what our community is, I'm sorry I'm just shocked. I've been sitting in these meetings for quite a while now Um, I just, I'm, And I think that we can do senior housing. I'm a senior. I would love housing. I had to move out of Sausalito. I would love to spend my senior years in Sausalia, but I don't think the marineship is the place for it. So I know you've gone all over and over this, and I want to thank John DeRee and All the people who have struggled to have their voices heard and more and more. |
| 01:35:05.08 | Heidi Scoble | Hey, with all due respect, your three minutes has elapsed. |
| 01:35:09.01 | Kay Carlson | More voices need to be heard here. Thank you very much, everyone. |
| 01:35:13.18 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 01:35:13.21 | Kay Carlson | Thank you. |
| 01:35:13.94 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you very much. Carla Berg and then Morgan Gallagher. |
| 01:35:22.87 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Carla, welcome. |
| 01:35:24.28 | Carlito Berg | Thanks very much. Hello, everyone. Good evening. It's a pleasure to be here as always, and thanks everyone for their previous comments. Um, I want to echo a lot of folks' previous comments. I've thought a lot about the interplay between, for everyone who doesn't know, I run the business called Marina Office Plaza in Marina Harbor, down here in the Marineship, and my family's owned it for over 20 years. We helped build the Matthew Turner. Um, how close to Sausalito Art Festival and a variety of other community activities and since 2017 I've been really involved in this process and something that that I really want to see is the forward-looking vision for the future for certain areas, while protecting the traditions and cultures that Kay and others talked about. And so to that end, Um, we proposed some language that really specifically would look at those items and potentially allow for housing senior affordable on sites where appropriate within the Marinship Um, And, and the language specifically included Thank you. |
| 01:36:35.97 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:36:36.17 | Carlito Berg | excluding stuff that's not been, that's legal non-conforming and has not been utilized traditionally with art, maritime, or industrial. So that would protect those uses subject to a conditional use permit process. And then, you know, I got to thinking about things a little more. And as one is one to do. And, and I came up with sort of a thought that I'd like to float, which in the letter, which Cox Castle, our land use attorneys wrote today for consideration. And that really was the notion that if properties are pulled out of the marine ship specifically based on their ability to provide housing that aren't quantitatively, demonstrably, and Um, toxic. You'd have to get, you know, obviously your own geotechnical reports that do not have any of those subsidence issues. Sea local rise will affect all of us, of course, but some properties are higher up than others. For instance, our property is the highest one in the marine ship, and we do not have liquefaction or subsidence issues, and that's been documented geotechnically, as well as zero PCBs. or any hydrocarbons or any sort of contamination on our site, which has been factual and documented and the IRN, I can provide that stuff. I guess generally our thought is how can we do well and do good? How can we provide the needs that the city needs in the future for senior housing, which we all agree on, and how can we, Um, simultaneously ensure that nothing is a door that ever opens a quote-unquote Pandora's box to the Marin ship. And so we've proposed language that we think could could accomplish those goals. And Morgan, who's up next, is available. She's the land use attorney who is available to answer questions as well. because she's smarter. |
| 01:38:31.24 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | All right. Great, thank you. So Morgan, do you wish to speak? |
| 01:38:37.70 | Morgan Gallagher | Yes, please. Good evening. Mayor Cleveland Knowles and council members I'm sorry, my video just stopped, but I'll just speak with audio. |
| 01:38:47.56 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | We can give you a minute if you'd like. Heidi, can we see if we can get Morgan's video working? |
| 01:38:58.70 | Morgan Gallagher | Oh, great. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor Cleveland, Council members. My name is Morgan Gallagher with Cox Castle and Nicholson, Planned Use Attorney for Carlo. So our thought with this approach would be to remove the property from the marineship in the general plan and the marineship specific plan And we believe that this approach would PROVIDE THE CITY WITH FLEXIBILITY TO APPROVE SENIOR AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHERE IT'S MOST APPROPRIATE. through a discretionary process. and would also be consistent with the city's general plan and policies and goals, including those you're considering tonight. So if council supports this approach that we've outlined in our letter we submitted this evening, we'd be happy to propose a specific and defensible plan to implement it. And I'm available for any questions if you have them. Thank you. |
| 01:39:45.63 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you. Okay, I am not seeing any additional hands. Oh, yes, I do. Tricia Smith. And if anyone else would like to speak, please raise your hand. Welcome, Tricia. |
| 01:39:59.80 | Tricia Smith | Thank you. Nice to see you. Thank you for having us. |
| 01:40:00.80 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Nice. |
| 01:40:03.06 | Tricia Smith | I just wanted to do a plug for Sybil Boutilier, big round of thanks. She's doing a great job as the current chair of Age Friendly Sausalito. And she was the one who caught, there was no language about age friendly, no elements. in the general plan update that was brought before you. We worked together with the M group in creating some of that language And anyway, just kudos to her for the job that she's doing right now. Thank you. |
| 01:40:35.80 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Okay. Thank you. Thank you for being here. Okay, I am not seeing any additional public comment. I'll give just one minute. Okay. Heidi, can you confirm that there are no additional hands raised? |
| 01:40:52.25 | Heidi Scoble | there are no additional hands raised at this time. |
| 01:40:55.74 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, okay, we will close public comment. And we will bring it back up here. So I appreciate all the public comment and You know, this has been, a a very long process, I think, as Lily outlined in her original slide, that we have been at this general plan process for I will not go over the number of public meetings, et cetera. But I would add for those of you who do not feel that we're having a robust discussion, I do think it would be helpful to to suggest ways that your voices might be better heard. You know, you can participate in writing, you can come in public comment, and many of you do. But, and we've tried some different things at some of our M group meetings. with polling, during the real time polling and all of that during COVID. additional suggestions about how to hear your voices and your more robust conversation would be very welcome. So, you know, I just wanted to kick it off for council discussion tonight. I do think, you know, Joan and I have been as the subgroup looking at the revised policies and programs. I'm personally very excited about the progress that we've made on the policies, echoing Trisha's thanks to Sybil and all the others who have come and pushed those ideas forward during this process. |
| 01:42:30.90 | Vice Mayor Ray | We've lost your audio, Susan. |
| 01:42:33.53 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Are you happy? I can see the mayor. |
| 01:42:34.83 | Vice Mayor Ray | No, not... |
| 01:42:35.61 | Councilmember Cox | I can still hear her. |
| 01:42:37.26 | Councilmember Reilly | Thank you. |
| 01:42:37.30 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:42:37.31 | Councilmember Reilly | here. |
| 01:42:37.52 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:42:37.57 | Councilmember Reilly | Thank you. |
| 01:42:40.57 | Councilmember Cox | Okay. |
| 01:42:40.98 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Can you? Yeah, you're okay. |
| 01:42:42.48 | Vice Mayor Ray | Yeah, you're okay now. |
| 01:42:46.80 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Anyway, so I think we've got a lot of excellent input. But we do have a lot of new A lot of new policies and a lot of work has been done since the original draft has been published. we do have new racial equity policies and programs. And while I'm very proud of those, this is the first time that the public is seeing those. And I think those do deserve a more more time in the public realm and some additional time for our boards, commissions in our community. to comment. We're also seeing the revised sustainability element all together for the first time. And we've talked a lot about the policies and programs in there. But this is the first time that we're seeing it all together. So I saw the staff recommendation for some additional public comment. on the general plan now that we've kind of been through this meticulous process of adding policies and programs to it and I think I would recommend to the council that we do take some additional time. with these new policies and programs and give a little more sunshine to that as opposed to the current schedule that we have. |
| 01:44:08.49 | Alan Broadbent | And, |
| 01:44:11.73 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | So, you know, I am looking forward to seeing how we can accomplish this, but also, you know, not not delay, for too long, but not necessarily feel like we're on the same schedule that we have been on. So I would be in favor of additional public review of the general plan policies. And I would also, |
| 01:44:36.23 | Alan Broadbent | And I think, |
| 01:44:38.17 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | I think that we should, I'm interested to hear what other council members think, but we did close the public comment on our draft environmental impact report, we did get significant, kind of an unusually I have a large number of comments, some very litigious comments I might add. And it may also be appropriate to reopen or to recirculate the draft environmental impact report. to give us a little more time to consider that, give the public a little bit more time. And I also think it might be the conservative and most cautious approach, given some of the legal letters that we got. So that's kind of where I'm leaning. I mean, I do feel like we have given We have. We have given a lot of public input. But I don't want all that public input that we've gotten to date to be I'm not sure. meaningless because of some new information and policies. that are coming forward now. And I'm very excited about all of the new policies and programs So I don't want to give those short shrinks. So maybe we can I have a few additional comments on the actual policies and programs, but maybe we could just talk about timing first. And then we will move to our substantive comments if we have any. on the new policies and programs. Would anyone like to start off? So I'm sorry to monopolize the conversation to begin with, but I did just want to get that out there. Councilmember Reilly. And then coffee. |
| 01:46:20.05 | Councilmember Reilly | Thank you, Mayor. First off, I think this has been a very transparent and inclusive process all throughout. and I commend the staff for running that process. And this meeting tonight is another attempt at transparency and inclusion. Last thing I want to do is give up another Tuesday night, but I think this is important. for us to share the latest incorporations and give folks a heads up and chance. to review it. But, There is, you know, we hear a lot of feedback about people's concerns about giving input. I think we've provided plenty of it. But given the number of changes that have been incorporated, especially in the and we're going to have a general plan our racial justice, our age-friendly inclusions, and our sustainability. I think we want to continue our track record of given our public the opportunity to comment. Um, And secondly, and I'm new to this, but I also think having a complete and thorough process Um, just gives us a strengthened position if people don't like the outcome and want to complain about the process through lawsuits. This will just strengthen our position. |
| 01:47:44.24 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you. Councilmember Cox, did I see your hand? |
| 01:47:50.29 | Councilmember Cox | Yes. Thank you, Mayor. I think I have since the outset of this process been someone who has been strongly pushing it to CONCLUDE WITHIN this city council's tenure, mainly to avoid the having to have new council members get up to speed over our four year process. But I'm not sure. That being said, I heartily endorse your recommendations, both as to the general plan and as to the draft EIR. I think that probably, legally, Um, our process has been adequate, but I think in the time of COVID-19 with smoke, as someone mentioned, and the other challenges that have existed, that taking the more measured and conservative approach is the best course. I still would like to wrap this process up sooner rather than later so that we don't lose the momentum that we have generated But, you know, I think the work that we've done to include social equity and racial justice policies to ensure that we consulted with tribal nations concerning those aspects that affect them. the reorganized sustainability element and you know, really the um, updates to the um, I aging policies are all really important Um, additions and improvements to our work product. I think that we would give short shrift to them perhaps if we didn't give our regional partners adequate time to comment on those additional programs that we've invested the effort to create. And that's really one of the purposes of the racial justice policies is to ensure inclusion. So I heartily endorse your suggestion that we shine more light, be more transparent, and slow this process just enough to ensure that we give everybody an opportunity to comment on all of our programs and policies, most of which I'm very proud of. Thank you. |
| 01:50:31.13 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you, Vice Mayor. |
| 01:50:34.08 | Vice Mayor Ray | Yeah, thank you. I agree with everything that's been said by my fellow councillors here. The I've got some more things to say specifically, but you asked us to address the timing issue specifically, and that's what I'm going to do. On the one hand, to actually accuse us of not being transparent and to say that we've rushed this process. And it is quite frankly on its surface utterly ridiculous. all. If you actually look at the staff report and look at the attachment one, It's clear that it is important to maintain that transparency and maintain that robust conversation to ensure that there's you know, No, um, possibility that we could be accused of some of the conspiracy theories that have already arisen that were trying to rush this through before the election. which is all nonsense. Um, So I am fully supportive of your position to take a more uh, the Hey. measured but Um, I agree with Council Member Cox. This should not be something that drags on. We need to. considering the reorganization and sustainability element, considering the fact that we rightly introduced Um, the social equity, racial justice issues into this. Somewhat at the last minute, I agree, the liaison with our tribal leaders, partners, et cetera, that we consider readjusting our timeline in order to have to continue the robust conversation that we have. we've had over the last many years. So I fully support that. I have a couple of extra comments to make that maybe BEYOND Once we can get beyond this timing issue, I'd like you Madam Mayor, if you would come back so I can make a few more comments. |
| 01:53:04.57 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Yes, absolutely. I just thought it might be a little easier to talk about one thing than the other. Council member Burns, do you have anything? Yeah. |
| 01:53:12.22 | Councilmember Burns | Yeah, I mostly echo I totally support this direction to give more time. And I appreciate, you know, a lot of what's been said amongst this council, and particularly when the mayor said and asked the community to let us know how we can be even more transparent. I thought we had some really great documents here tonight that didn't get even nobody said anything about them. I'm not sure anybody opened them, frankly. Um, But I was hoping that we'd have comments from the public about the sustainability element, because that is dynamic. That is, to me, one of the biggest parts of this whole general plan. update. and We got comments about how we're not transparent and nobody knows about us and we're trying to do different things as the vice mayor said in conspiracy. But really we wanted to hear on the documents that were put in the staff report They're great. And I'm so happy that we're doing the age friendly and the racial justice programming in this. And I don't wanna lose, it's only 34 pages. You can read it twice during this meeting. So we have time to read these things. Please do. Please look at the documents that are out there. Some of the comments that we get makes us feel like maybe you haven't really looked at, you know, where the housing element is referenced and things. So I think if we, I'm excited to give more time and I hope the time is used to constructively look at these documents and give us the best general plan update possible because it has been a four-year period and I hate to end it someday hopefully within the next four year next year and have people realize they didn't realize read some of these great documents that are in it so I look forward to future comments on these documents as well in the next phase thank you mayor |
| 01:54:58.06 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you. I think we have consensus on that. At the end of our full discussion, we'll give specific direction to staff. But now I'd like to open it up for comments on specific policies and programs that are in our staff report and whether there are things that you endorse or would like to see, any other comments that you have. Would anyone, I know the vice mayor said he had some thoughts. Do you wanna start, Ray? |
| 01:55:32.23 | Vice Mayor Ray | Sure. I'm going to talk in generalities, not in specifics. uh, We are presumably going to here have other opportunities to talk about some specifics. I want to, first of all, I think some of the language around racial justice, social equity were superb. and the policies, um, that were elucidated were excellent. Likewise on Age Friendly, I think It was, it really was remiss of us not to have focused more on age-friendly at the This was somewhat of an oversight, I think. And I think this has been adequately redressed. I'm very proud of the fact that in 2014, when I was mayor for the first time, We actually did get recognition from the World Health Organization on One of the first age-friendly Yeah. communities in the area. So I'm really pleased to see that. And on the sustainability front, as you know, through Drawdown Marine and through BayWave, I've focused specifically on much of this environmental and climate change issues. So I'm pleased to see that. one thing that might be worth a review of is whether some of the policies and programs are a little too specific. Um, I like the specificity. In some cases, I like the goals and the timetables that have been articulated. But for instance, even though I'm hoping and I will be lobbying for it through my role in drawdown, there's no guarantee drawdown will continue at the county level. for instance. the funding is not guaranteed. I will be fighting with the Board of Supervisors and with my colleagues in Drawdown to ensure that there is And so to have specific programs, I don't know if it's program policy that specifically mentions that is not problematic from my perspective at all. Um, Should we be looking at the sustainability element and asking is some of it just too specific because it documents the moment, as opposed to taking a more general approach. So that's something I worry about. I'm gonna relook at the sustainability elements through that lens. but I just wanted to alert you all that, Um, there's a danger that we're sort of using the situation in the moment that might not be relevant next year. I hope it's relevant next year, but you never know. So that's just a caution. I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE The other I want to make a point about housing in the Marin ship, but maybe That's something that I should just hold off on until... I've let my colleagues comment on anything specific. |
| 01:59:07.45 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | You can go ahead now or I can keep |
| 01:59:09.23 | Vice Mayor Ray | Okay. you know, I noticed in the public comment that there's a lot of sort of consternation around the fact that we sort of are trying to, through some of these programs and policies and programs, Um, uh, I'm making up a word, it's not quite the appropriate word, preempt the housing element, and the housing element won't be done for another year or two. you know, This is the I want everybody to understand that this is the last time we're going to be faced with this. I can guarantee you that the next time we do a housing element, not this next cycle, but the next one, we will be doing the general plan at the same time. The legislature will demand it. The legislature is on a path to synchronize the updating of general plans with the housing element so that we don't have this type of problem down the road. That is guaranteed. I can absolutely guarantee you that is going to happen through my interactions with the state legislature, through the League of California Citizens. Related to that, There's almost like a... in some of the comment letters, again, a concern that we're trying to mix it up and we're trying to dictate the housing elements and yet, I can't remember the date. I went back to try and find it, but I will. We had a discussion about this in the... General Plan Advisory Committee. in which we actually specifically discuss, should we incorporate language that actually says, in the next housing element, should we look at possibly considering housing in the marineship? And those that are now writing letters in like, with, with, you know, great concern that we're saying, let's consider it down the road in the housing element. actually agreed. in the general plan advisory committee. Yeah, that would be a good idea. Not quite sure what's changed their mind. And then the final thing is, as a woman. sort of, Warning. about the housing element coming up. and about what language we use. We were three minutes away last night at midnight. from having the state legislature actually vote and approve a bill that would have eliminated single-family Zoning. in California. Three minutes. away. It's only because of some blockage in the assembly that it didn't get transferred to the Senate. And the votes were in the Senate to approve it. that 1120 didn't get passed. We were three minutes away. from potentially losing single family housing zoning. And the governor would have absolutely signed that bill. That is the challenge we face for the next housing element. Because unless we can get ahead of this, and find a way to provide for affordable housing and enough housing in this city our zoning. authority will be taken away from us by the courts This is a serious, real, real concern, and we need to actually get on top of it. and some of the language we were trying to propose in this housing element. was just trying to encourage us for the next housing element to actually take this seriously. And then a final personal comment. Um, I'm a lame duck, apparently. Uh, Well, for the 2710 social legal residents who voted for me in 2016, I can assure you that I'm gonna continue doing my job until sometime after 7 p.m. on December 8th. So I don't view myself as a lady done. |
| 02:03:57.48 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you, Ray. Anyone else want to weigh in on the policies? Joan, Councilmember Cox. |
| 02:04:08.66 | Councilmember Cox | Sure, thank you. I agree with the vice mayor. We will have another opportunity to comment on these, but I did make a few notes about some policies that I'd like to comment on and also a couple of policies I'd like to consider A couple of new policies. I'd like to consider recommending, although that may be ill advised, but okay. I'm So I'm just going to go through them. It's only uh I think fourth. |
| 02:04:41.48 | Councilmember Burns | I'm going one or two, Jones, sorry. Attachment one or two. |
| 02:04:41.49 | Councilmember Cox | You know what? |
| 02:04:45.73 | Councilmember Cox | I'm going, this is page four, LU 1.20.5. |
| 02:04:50.76 | Councilmember Reilly | OK, first one. |
| 02:04:54.67 | Councilmember Cox | Residential care facilities. Um, You know, there's all kinds of statistics out there. We got a letter, I think, from Sandra Bushmaker pointing out that 88% of all Marin County COVID deaths came from residential care and skilled nursing facilities. So I'm confident that this, And my mother lives in a residential care facility where there have been 19 cases of COVID and I'm not allowed to go see her. you know, it's killing me that in six months, I cannot go visit my mom. She is absolutely quarantined. excluded from the outside, which is the worst thing for an elderly person. So I believe there's going to be a sea change in the way that residential care facilities are designed and operated and I would like to see this concept be Um, uh, perhaps modified to accommodate what we know will possibly be. that sort of change. Similarly, Um, policy HS 4.3. I cannot follow as I'm going. Um, I think we should implement risk limiting practices to mitigate infectious diseases. |
| 02:06:26.61 | Councilmember Cox | So I heartily endorse that. And I believe that that is consistent with what I'm talking about. revising the manner in which we address residential care facilities. |
| 02:06:37.90 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | So I'm sorry, Joan, can I interrupt you? HS 4.3. currently says limit risk, implement risk limiting practices to mitigate infectious diseases. |
| 02:06:50.34 | Councilmember Cox | Yeah. |
| 02:06:50.42 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Yeah. And then it has two policies. in terms of your comments, you are endorsing that and |
| 02:06:58.10 | Councilmember Cox | I'm endorsing it, but I believe it should be extended to residential care facilities. |
| 02:06:58.15 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | I mean, |
| 02:07:03.28 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 02:07:03.30 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. Okay. I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE environmental justice. I'm sure this will be controversial, but I would like us to consider This has to do with our talking about uh, but I believe we should consider a program that avoids locating vulnerable populations. such as low income residents, seniors, families with children, in areas subject to environmental hazards such as sea level rise, subsidence, industrial noise, toxic contamination, or other risks. And I also believe that as we consider sites for our most vulnerable, we must also dovetail that with consideration of emergency preparedness. if we populate an area with low income housing or housing for the vulnerable, I think we have to include in that consideration how we will evacuate them. in the event of an emergency. I just think those conversations need to be. integrated. |
| 02:08:25.70 | Councilmember Cox | um, So this is just a typo LU 8.1.3. Um, I think instead of saying consider creating a list of critical services, we simply need to create that list. um, that maintain the uh, well-being and safety of our waterfront. I am not. |
| 02:08:47.23 | Vice Mayor Ray | What page are you on, Joan, there for that one? |
| 02:08:49.25 | Councilmember Cox | 19. Thank you. page 19. |
| 02:08:51.87 | Vice Mayor Ray | Thank you. |
| 02:08:54.23 | Councilmember Cox | So this says consider creating, I think we should just create that list |
| 02:09:02.26 | Councilmember Cox | And then, uh, One more comment of mine and I want to address a comment of Peter Van Meter. Um, CP 7.3.3 on page 27. Um, I'd like to, and then we can create a 7.3.4 to encourage us to work collaboratively with the city and other parties to mitigate flooding on Gate 5 Road. So, You know, we're talking about expanding our sphere of influence to include our regional partners. And as we consider adaptation and other approaches, I, you know, 7.3.3 references Highway 101. I'd like 7.3.4 to address the gates. |
| 02:09:53.26 | Councilmember Cox | Great. And then Peter mentioned LU 4.1.1 point G which has to do with the inventory of properties. And I wanted to point out that at the end of that policy, we did add language to uh, consider consolidating land use requirements so that to move that would enable us to move from that parcel by parcel description to categories of land use. So I believe We have. taken some measure of action to address the concern that Peter expressed. And finally, I wanted to thank the staff for the clarification regarding the timing of the consideration of Um, housing throughout. Sofolito at our July 7 meeting. I asked that we postpone any decision about whether housing goes in the marine ship or not. to the time that we do the housing element. because that's when we'll have all the data in front of us. That's when we, I agree with the vice mayor, we decided not to address the housing element in this general plan. Since we're not addressing the housing element in this general plan, we should not piecemeal be addressing various issues that we will address as part of the housing element. So I appreciate the addition of the clarifying language by staff. that as part of our housing element work, that's when we will consider overlay zones and do other work regarding where housing will be placed. |
| 02:12:00.87 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. All right, thank you. Thank you both. Councilmember Riley or Burns, do you have any thoughts? Councilmember Riley. |
| 02:12:10.23 | Councilmember Reilly | I got my hand up before council member Burns. |
| 02:12:13.12 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Yeah. |
| 02:12:13.14 | Councilmember Reilly | I don't know. |
| 02:12:13.68 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | We need a buzzer. |
| 02:12:16.01 | Councilmember Reilly | We need a buzzer. So I have a few comments. And one of Peter Van Meter's other comments other than 4.1.1 point G, Um, made me realize something. I do think there should be a general theme in our general plan that we want to recapture more of the downtown for our local residents. Today, it is not used for local residents. in. I will go through the plan and make my recommendation of where it should be. This was triggered from Peter's comments. But, One of the reasons why I'm a supporter of purchasing the B of A is to revitalize our downtown, bring more of our locals, bring more of our regional community to the downtown. And I also am supportive of Peter Mann and Meter's comments that we should look at the Ferry Plaza landing as an area that extends from our work with the B of A to bring more of our regional community to the downtown. and take it back from some of the tourists. So I would like to see some of the, I would like to see the very pleasant landing language kind of tied not to specifically the fairy pies lining But revitalize downtown for the community to spend more time in that downtown area. I am super excited about the age-friendly additions and even learn stuff. It's not just about assisted living, it is about better transportation, helping improve homes, providing services to our folks, let them stay in homes as long as possible. Given the size of our population over 65, this is only going to get to be a larger and larger problem for us. One of the concerns I have is We don't size the problem. I think we should talk about how big of a problem it is. I hear Councilmember Cox's ideas of that assisted living facility might change. But I'd like to know how many assisted living units we want in our town in the next 20 or 30 years. We know the problem that we're solving. I'm Because right now it just says we'll do our best efforts. And we could do nothing and have tried our best efforts or kind of get shut down. I'd like to see some projections. I don't know if that's possible. I'm The racial justice, I think we've had some great additions. The language is wonderful. throughout the whole plan. We had an economic development advisory committee meeting last night. where we reviewed the the what the words that have been written. Our vice chair, Ian Sobieski, made some recommendations that will be submitted. that I think are very useful. and it talks about Specifically, we want to increase the diversity of our homeownership. We want to increase the diversity of our business ownership. We wanna increase the diversity of our visitors to our town. And so I hope we can include that recommendation from the full EDAC committee Um, going forward. And then finally, I do want to touch on the marinship I'm not sure. I think it is wrong. when people say that we voted four to one to put housing in the marineship We did not, and I did not. I do not want to see housing in the marineship. I do not necessarily wanna see senior housing in the Marinship. I believe the marine ship is for maritime, light industrial, for the artist. I hear the community and And I do have a boat down there and I do experience it. Um, However, here's what I also want. I want us to increase the diversity of our residents. And that means we need more affordable housing. inner city. I want to have more of our workers commuting on bicycles and not in cars. We need more live work, housing. And I want more of our seniors to live their life out in our town and not be evicted from our town. And so this is where when the housing element comes out, we have all of our tools available to us to address it. Because right now, Um, We project adding 304 new living units. in the next 30 years. If you say I only have three or four units to address affordable housing for diversity live-work type housing, so our workers can live here and to provide housing for seniors, it's gonna get very difficult. And especially when we have people saying not in my backyard, So, I just I think we need to have all our tools when we get to that housing element. And that's what I voted for. Um, And so I'll end my comments there. Thank you, Mayor. |
| 02:17:14.37 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you. Councilmember Burns. Yeah. |
| 02:17:17.50 | Councilmember Burns | Thank you. |
| 02:17:17.75 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 02:17:17.80 | Councilmember Burns | Um, I'm going to start with a really odd story. I was teaching my daughter to drive the other day and about a month ago and we were underneath 101 the parking lots there, Manzanita parking lots under 101. And I'm in the passenger seat holding on to everything I could possibly hold on to my feet, pushing through the floorboard. But I was able to look out and notice. about a two and a half, three foot separation that occurs from the parking lot to those piers that hold up Highway 101 as it goes over the bay. And, I remember seeing those before and couldn't figure it out. And I don't know why in that moment of fear where I thought I was going to end up in the Bay that it finally realized that you can see the subsidence happening right there. And you can see the... depth of that subsidence happening. If you just drive right into those parking lots and look the tar line from where they poured the tar just a few years ago, is literally three feet above where the tar is right now, two and a half feet. It's amazing. So when Kay Carlson says, you know, She remembers not being able to have water issues when she pulled into her driveway. Now she is, that area is subsiding I mean, we knew that and we knew that the ICB is holding still. It was built properly. and we're built on the right Uh, compaction. And a lot of that infrastructure is not. I think that is something that we need to always be talking about. You know, sea level rise is occurring and that is in these documents and subsidence is written in here. But subsidence is going to eat that area up as you can see it happening. And it's inches. I mean, I don't know. Go look at that. I invite everybody to go down and look at that area. And I'll tell you what we're going to be driving down there and avoid that period of time. So. Now that I brought that up, I kind of want to talk then about when we, consider what's happening in the Marin ship I think... Those types of items have to be number one. you know, and, The holy grail of planning documents, apparently, the number one document out there appears to be the Marin specific plan tied to the fair Traffic Initiative. And these are terrible documents. I mean, they're just poor planning documents. Not let me show you the words that are not in either one of those documents. Low emission, public transportation, climate action, sustainability is not mentioned in either one of those planning documents. Greenhouse gas equity pedestrian is only mentioned in one line. So this is a planning document that people are holding in as high esteem as it's the holy grail of planning for the marineship. And it has no mention is all it's mentioned about is to get my car down there and make sure that I have a little have parking spaces available. It's a car automobile driven planning document. Both of those are. And we have community members saying, It has to be embedded for the next 20 years in our planning. And I think the evidence all around us is, we need to have other elements and other discussions The opposite of the automobile being the primary source of planning for a geographical area like the marineship that's subsiding so quickly. I hope we can eventually get away from that document as being the end all of planning and get the proper elements in there, put into a general plan that has a sustainability component like this does. And it talks about those issues so precisely, like these documents are. and release it from those terrible terrible planning documents that are only built around one thing, and that's the automobile. And you can read both of those, and that's all that's mentioned in there. No public transportation. no low emissions, no sustainability, words not in the document. Um, housing. I read the letter from Cox and it was definitely interesting. Um, |
| 02:21:19.77 | Councilmember Cox | Not this, Cox. |
| 02:21:20.83 | Councilmember Burns | Nope, not that Cox. Cox and... with the name, Morgan Gallagher. and Carlo, That document. That's an interesting concept to pull something out. Um, And, I think we might, now that it sounds like we have time to look at that, we should probably look at that as an option. And then I would say maybe even 4,000 bridgeway because as I look at the Marin ship, 4,000 bridgeway does not really fit in the Marin ship. It's out there on its own right next to the highway. that is a prime spot to remove from the marineship if we were to consider this really kind of interesting proposal and i think we should look at that that creates maybe a different type of housing Maybe. affordable or workforce because I'm a little different than Tom Riley, Councilmember Riley I think we need to really look at live work in the marineship. I think that is the difference between sustainability, low emissions, greenhouse gas, equity, pedestrian, all those things that I think are valuable in a planning document. Live Work helps you reach that. And if we are going to have to rebuild some properties down there because they're subsiding at 18 inches a year, whatever the ungodly number is. Wouldn't that be the opportunity then to add a live work opportunity above some of those single family or even a single level or even a double level buildings. to provide housing specifically, only contractually, conditionally, however we need to do it, to people that work right there in the docks, right there in the maritime world. What better way to honor the maritime and industrial category than to help them. maintain their employee base with good housing in that area that goes along with greenhouse gas, sustainability and all the things that we're preaching throughout this document. So I think we really need to in this extra time, I'm glad we have it because it lets us go back and really look at the opportunity to evaluate live work in appropriate areas, how we can piecemeal some of these areas out and reach our housing not just our housing goals, our sustainability goals by doing housing and planning properly and not planning around the automobile for the next 20 years again, like we did in 1983 and 88 and 89. So I'm glad we have this extra time. It sounds like we're heading towards, I think we can have some really valuable conversations on how to plan. at least that area, a little bit better. And I agree with the downtown concept that council member Riley has spoke of. We, we obviously talked a lot about it in the B of a conversation. And that in Caledonia, we're going to wrestle back. We're going to make sure that our residents have plenty of places to play, sit, relax, and enjoy our great town without subsidence taking them underwater. Thanks. |
| 02:24:11.98 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great, thank you. Thank you all. Really great comments. I have to admit that I had some specific comments along the lines of Council Member Cox, but I had to reboot my computer very quickly to get back on a Zoom call the other day and my comments disappeared. to the ether. My comments will stay a little high level tonight and hopefully come back with some more specific ones at our next. time that we talk about this, but I don't want to waste time by reframing I think what I almost completely agree with in terms of Councilmember Riley's comments on the downtown area and the Bank of America and Peter Van Meter's kind of comments around that. I wholeheartedly endorse, including a concept in our general plan moving forward that that area needs special attention and focus to increase the resident serving focus and to have more place and space making and to emphasize the pedestrian and bicycle and view aspects of it as much or more than the parking, which right now I think the parking is overemphasized and the pedestrians, and other elements are under-emphasized and I'd like to bring those into harmony. I think Council Member Riley spoke. I think it's a great question. given some comments like this at one of our general plan working group meetings, and I don't know I'll have to go back and see what happened to it. But I think some of the suggestions that Peter was making in those places are something I would support in a broader sense. in a broader context. Um, I, you know, just everyone spoke about the age friendly. One of the things that I would also, which are great, and I really wanna thank Sybil and apologize again those policies were not front and center through the whole process. But one of the things that is one of our new ones in terms of including people in the conversation, is also I see that we added something about youth engagement and participation, and along with other other folks. I think that is so incredibly important and I just want to make sure I love that addition and I want to endorse that wholeheartedly. Another one in the racial equity realm that I really think is stand out and that we can do a lot with is the job opportunities and I think our city manager has been working on kind of a leadership training and mentoring process. I think we talked about that at our racial justice forum on the 7th, I'm glad to see that. kind of continuing here and hope that we can put some more meat on that. bone and kind of move forward. I think that would be a great um great policies and programs. I'd also like to endorse what Councilmember Riley said about the housing tool and the marineship and the sort of the balance that we need to strike going forward. And the fact that we did not vote to put housing in the partnership, we voted to leave that as an option and a tool in our toolkit. for some very difficult decisions. coming down the road. And I think there are creative ways If we keep our minds open and our hearts open, I think that we can find ways that will retain pain. and advance the vision of the marineship while also moving our affordable housing goals forward, our racial justice goals, supporting our workforce, and as Council Member Burns said, our sustainability goals. So I think we need to keep open minds and We're going to need every tool available to us. as the housing discussion moves forward. I thought, you know, just I did not apologize, did not have time to read all the late mail in great detail. I did see the letter about the possibility of taking some areas of the marine ship i think that's an area to to discuss and think about um it could have um advantages, it also would need to be considered in a very thoughtful and very limited manner. So I think that's a good discussion to have and I'm looking forward to getting more public comments. on that. Lastly, I do want to Caroline Miller, apologize to miss Carlson and for not getting back to her, I have had some out of control email issues I as has been mentioned, I spent a lot of time in the friendship, I have been to the ICB regularly for open houses and all of that I would love to go. at your invitation again. And I think we all care. about the friendship and we all, you know, I know Alice also, Alice Merrill, such a very at the beginning of the meeting. So, I really hope. that the fact that we spent so much time on the vision that we are working towards policies to keep and maintain our maritime artists and our industrial is at the forefront of this general plan conversation. has been at the forefront of the general plan conversation and it will continue to be, and that is, what we are trying to achieve. and I think. Those are the statements we continue to make. Those are the policies that we continue to put forward. And those will be the policies that are in our general plan. So, I just wanna call that out as something that I think has been I know there's a lot of doubt I've said that there's a trust issue before. I wish we were considering zoning at the same time so that we could dispel. some of these fears, but that is not in our budget and that's not where we are. So with that, I think those are my comments. I'm just looking at Oh, I also just did want to agree with Meg Fawcett um, that there is still a lot of repetition. And I mean, I don't think we're ever gonna get that completely cleared up, but I do think we should be continuing to look at that. Thank you. as we move forward and that things are cross-referenced appropriately. Okay, so any other council member comments? If not, we can move to staff direction. We're not making decisions on any of these policies tonight. This is just what we are sending forth out into the public for review and comment. If we could maybe have our community development director Um... back, I think you had mentioned putting forth a schedule on September 22nd. I would actually like us to do a little bit better than that if possible. I did hear Ms. Bushmaker's concern that we want to be as concise, transparent, and straightforward with our schedule. So if it's at all possible, I know you're all working really hard. I would love to get that schedule published. a little sooner? Is that something that might be able to be achieved. |
| 02:32:34.21 | Vice Mayor Withey | Sure, we can work on that, whatever the council direction is, if you'd like us to come back at your next meeting and next week, or if you'd like us to publish a draft schedule. |
| 02:32:49.16 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Okay. Great, we appreciate that flexibility. Okay, so if I can recap what I heard from the Council earlier. We are agreeing with staff. that we will put this general plan the additional policies and programs out for public review for it. Another meeting at the Planning Commission. This is an extra meeting. in addition to the schedule that we have. that we will have another city council hearing at our regular meeting on the 22nd. Um, looking at public comment from the Planning Commission and otherwise. and that we have general consensus that we would like staff to talk to the consultant about recirculating the draft EIR. Um, taking into account some of the letters that we have gotten in some of these additional policies to make sure everything is buttoned up. |
| 02:33:53.02 | Alan Broadbent | Thank you. |
| 02:33:54.84 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | and that that will probably influence our schedule uh, Fairly. that will influence our schedule. I think I heard from the council that we would like to give additional public that time for public comment on both those documents. but that we also have an interest in wrapping up this process. you know, not years and years away. So we can ask staff to consider I a schedule that allows for more comment on the EIR and more comment on the general plan. that is still moving us. along. um at a decent pace, I think that's what I heard. and not necessarily I think maybe Councilmember Cox said not necessarily by December. Is everyone's head shaking? I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth. Okay. Great. So that's our direction for tonight. Anything else? I know we have no additional. business on our calendar. Does anyone want to add anything? Councilmember Cox. |
| 02:35:13.72 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you, Mayor. One thing I forgot to mention during my comments has to do with the Um, we had several letters making reference to a list of potential housing sites circulated by to city staff. to the city council several weeks ago. um, though that that list is not part of the general plan because we're not doing the housing element as a part of this general plan. And moreover, that list is really conceptual in nature. It's in response to the identification by Senator Mike McGuire of some funding for low-income housing that must be spent right away And so there was an interest in putting together a list of potential sites that could be feasible to build some affordable housing right away, such as the corporation yard, which is owned by the city of Sausalito. But the city council has not reviewed, vetted, weighed in on those sites. This is being done very preliminarily by staff as part of a working group in very early stages. So I just wanted to be to provide some clarification regarding that process. And as with all items, Council approves. No, nothing will be moved forward in a substantive way until the council's been briefed and had an opportunity to give direction. |
| 02:36:50.93 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Great. Thank you for that clarification. Okay. Okay, so again, this is... just an opportunity to get these policies and programs out into the public realm. We're not making other than Agreeing that we will have more process, not making any substantive decisions tonight. So we'll end this meeting and we will. be back next Tuesday for our Regular meeting on September 8th. So thank you again to staff and M group for the staff report and good night, everyone. |
| 02:37:25.95 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. |
| 02:37:25.96 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | THE END OF |
| 02:37:26.03 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. |
| 02:37:26.77 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 02:37:26.86 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. |
| 02:37:27.03 | Vice Mayor Ray | Yeah, good evening. |
| 02:37:28.43 | Mayor Cleveland Knowles | All right. |
| 02:37:29.05 | Councilmember Reilly | Thank you. |
| 02:37:29.29 | Councilmember Reilly | everyone. Thank you. |
| 02:37:31.16 | Councilmember Cox | Thank you. |