City Council Meeting - February 11, 2022

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Meeting Summary

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Meeting Opening and Procedural Announcement 📄
The meeting begins with Mayor Kellman and Serge Avila addressing the council. Serge Avila announces that the special meeting of the city council for February 11 is being conducted telephonically via Zoom and broadcast live on the city's website, in accordance with Government Code Section 54953 E due to a declared state of emergency 📄.
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CALL TO ORDER IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, 420 LITHO STREET – 12:00 PM 📄
Mayor Kellman called the meeting to order at 12:00 PM and conducted a roll call, confirming attendance of all councilmembers including Vice Mayor Blaustein via phone 📄. The mayor announced that Item B1 would be discussed in closed session regarding existing litigation (Saucelita, Marine County Chapter of the California Homeless Union vs. City of Sausalito) under California Government Code section 54956.9 D1 📄. Public comment was opened for the closed session item, with one speaker addressing concerns about Urban Alchemy and safety issues at Marin Ship Park 📄. After public comment, a motion was made to approve the agenda.
Motion
Motion to approve the agenda, moved by Vice Mayor Blaustein and seconded by Council Member Hoffman 📄. The motion passed 5-0 📄.
Public Comment 1 1 Against

Meeting Transcript

Time Speaker Text
00:00:05.23 Mayor Kellman you
00:00:05.82 Serge Avila And good afternoon, Mayor Hoffman and council members. This meeting has been held pursuant to government code section 54953 E.

And in light of the declared state of emergency, the special meeting of the city council for January, or February, 11.

will be conducted telephonically through zoom and broadcast live on the city's website.
00:00:30.14 Mayor Kellman Thank you so much, Serge. Will you please go ahead and call the roll?
00:00:34.59 Serge Avila Council Member Sobieski.

here.

Councilmember Cleveland Hall.
00:00:38.91 Unknown Thank you.
00:00:38.93 Mayor Kellman Yeah.
00:00:40.09 Serge Avila by his mayor.

of Lousine?

ears.

Mayor Kellman.
00:00:45.31 Mayor Kellman Yes, here. And Council Member Hoffman is here too.
00:00:49.95 Serge Avila just as you know.

Councilmember Hoffman.
00:00:52.98 Mayor Kellman Excellent. Thank you very much.

Okay, we have one item today to be discussed. Item B1 will be discussed in closed session.

Conference of Legal Counsel, existing litigation pursuant to California Government Code section 54956.9 D1.

By the name of the case, Saucelita, Marine County Chapter of the California Homeless Union, versus the city of Sausalito.

Serge, we're gonna take public comment on the closed session items. Can you please inform the public on how public comment will be taken?
00:01:18.13 Serge Avila Video or audio public comment participation is limited to three minutes per speaker. If you would 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 start nine and each speaker will be notified when the time has elapsed.

Madam Mayor, it looks like we do have a hand raised and it's under TT.
00:01:42.97 Mayor Kellman Okay, and I just wanna acknowledge, I believe we do have Vice Mayor Blaustein via phone.

So I don't know if she just wants to state for the record that she is here so that we have a A full member.

Yes, I'm here. Thank you.

Okay, thank you, Vice Mayor.

Okay, TT, welcome. We welcome your public comments.
00:02:01.72 Unknown I apologize for the question.

I'm not feeling too well right now.

but I made some notes. In regard to current litigation with the homeless union, We have some serious problems here.

YOU CONTRACTED A
00:02:16.97 Unknown with Urban Alchemy, which is staffed by convicts and informants to manage the residents of Marin Ship Park.

The results?

On 2-4.

I was attacked and assaulted by a new member of the Urban Alchemy team by the name of Queen on her first day on the job.

She snatched me by the collar of my shirt.

yanked me forward, ripping my shirt from around my neck, poking me in the right eye.

When I called for EMT assistance as I could not drive, Officers White and Smogolsky responded along with EMTs.

When asked how the injury to my eye occurred, Officer White shouted that I was making a false report.

Officer Smigalski and EMTs escorted me to the ambulance I was transported to Marin General and diagnosed with a corneal abrasion.

I was treated, prescribed two antibiotics and released.

Another individual was assaulted by Urban Alchemy last night.

and transported to Marin General.

So...

What in the world has gone on?

here.

Additionally, Yesterday when I arrived to view the bulldozing of the contaminated fields, I was verbally attacked by resident Sarah Gossage, who's not from Sausalito.

nor is she from the Anchor Out community.

She came here from a camp up north.

Also, Synthes Egg Inc. was drunk, carrying a large stick and screaming at me. Synthes is not homeless, never has been, neither was her father. Her mother just passed away, the county's providing her father a motel, and she has a boat in San Rafael.
00:03:55.45 Unknown Thank you.
00:03:55.47 Unknown So.
00:03:56.06 Unknown Thank you.
00:03:56.18 Unknown I'm involved
00:03:56.97 Unknown I'm imploring you guys to get it together here. This has become like Nightmare on Elm Street.

And I am a citizen here, a resident in this city, and I'm living in fear of the police and urban alchemy. This has to stop.

Please, please.

Thank you.

Thank you.
00:04:17.59 Mayor Kellman Thank you very much for your comments.
00:04:18.89 Unknown Thank you.
00:04:18.98 Mayor Kellman We appreciate it.

City Clerk, is there anybody else to make public comment?
00:04:24.23 Serge Avila Meta Man.

Do we have any other hands raised?
00:04:27.65 Mayor Kellman Okay, thank you. We'll go ahead and close the public comment.

I do need to request a motion and a second to approve the agenda.

they'll move.

in the website.
00:04:38.64 Serge Avila Absolutely.

Thank you.
00:04:40.49 Mayor Kellman I think Vice Mayor made the motion and I think Council Member Hoffman made the second.

Serge, will you please call the roll?
00:04:46.64 Serge Avila Councilmember Zolieski?

Council Member Cleveland Hall.
00:04:50.40 Mayor Kellman Yes.
00:04:51.43 Serge Avila Council Member Hoffman.

Thank you.
00:04:52.81 Mayor Kellman Yes.
00:04:53.08 Serge Avila you Vice Mayor Blomstein.
00:04:56.05 Mayor Kellman Yes.
00:04:57.25 Serge Avila Mayor Kellman.
00:04:58.35 Mayor Kellman Yes.
00:04:59.70 Serge Avila Motion passes by zero.
00:05:01.05 Mayor Kellman Okay.

Thank you, motion passed five zero. We will adjourn now to closed session. Thanks very much.