| Time | Speaker | Text |
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| 00:00:03.17 | Walfred Solorzano | All right, thank you. Good evening, Mayor Kellman and council members. This meeting is being held pursuant to government code section 54953E in light of the declared state of emergency. The regular meeting of the city council for December 13th, 2022 will be conducted telephonically through Zoom and broadcast live on the city's website. Recording in progress. Cable TV channel 27. |
| 00:00:26.54 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Great, thank you. Welcome everybody. The City Council meeting for the city of Sausalito December 13th. Can you please call the roll? And the. |
| 00:00:35.03 | Walfred Solorzano | member Sobieski. |
| 00:00:36.56 | Ian Sobieski | here. |
| 00:00:37.26 | Walfred Solorzano | House member Cleveland Knowles. Thank you. Councilmember Hoffman. |
| 00:00:41.56 | Joan Cox | Here. |
| 00:00:42.34 | Walfred Solorzano | Vice Mayor Blaustein. Here. And Mayor Kelman. |
| 00:00:45.31 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Bye. Everybody is here and there is a quorum. Okay, so we do have one item to be discussed in closed session, item D1 is conference of labor negotiators pursuant to government code section 54957.6, Charles Sakai, Deborah Muchmore, Chris Zapata, are the agency designated representatives with the employer organization is the Sausalito Police Association. Molly, do we have any public comments on the closed session in a We don't have any members of the public in the room, No need to tell them how to make public comment, but if we do, then it's probably worth |
| 00:01:21.79 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 00:01:21.81 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Indicating how we did that. |
| 00:01:21.82 | Walfred Solorzano | Indicating a way to the public. We do see one public comment, Dina Enberg. |
| 00:01:28.44 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Okay, so maybe just for her sake, go ahead and tell people how to make comments. |
| 00:01:36.03 | Walfred Solorzano | Ms. Enberg. I don't think she has her hand raised online. Thank you. How you can make a public comment is by um, Raising your hand function in Zoom under reactions. And please make sure your Zoom is updated to the latest version. Or you can press nine if you're calling in. I can then select you from the meeting queue. |
| 00:02:00.53 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | So I'm not seeing any hands, so we'll go ahead and close the public comment and we will adjourn to closed session. Thank you. Are we doing breakout room situation? |
| 00:02:10.34 | Walfred Solorzano | Yes. |
| 00:02:11.18 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:02:11.27 | Walfred Solorzano | you |
| 00:02:11.30 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:02:34.54 | Walfred Solorzano | Recording in progress. |
| 00:07:27.03 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Okay. Just on seven here. Welcome everybody back. |
| 00:07:34.10 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Molly, we are. Trickling in, almost ready for you. |
| 00:07:38.14 | Walfred Solorzano | Yes, it does look like. Everyone's getting in. I believe we're waiting for Councilmember-elect Hoffman. |
| 00:07:45.26 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Right. Council member and council member elect. |
| 00:07:59.06 | Sandra Bushmaker | Whoa. Thank you. Okay. Here we go. And, |
| 00:08:03.21 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thanks. |
| 00:08:03.60 | Sandra Bushmaker | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:08:03.84 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Yeah. Surrounded you guys. Emotional support animal. Bo is it? |
| 00:08:10.01 | Vice Mayor | Okay. |
| 00:08:10.03 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | feet right now. |
| 00:08:10.74 | Vice Mayor | Yeah. |
| 00:08:19.43 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | and has been sucked into the fire. |
| 00:08:21.03 | Vice Mayor | Thank you. |
| 00:08:21.84 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:08:21.88 | Vice Mayor | Ian went to go get a red tie, obviously, or a whole red suit. Oh, yep. Here it comes. Please tell me he's wearing a hat. Oh my God. Oh, come on. That doesn't look like a bow tie, Ian. |
| 00:08:32.68 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Or a red tie. |
| 00:08:33.03 | Pastor Peter Romanowski | Yeah. |
| 00:08:33.15 | Vice Mayor | THE FAMILY. |
| 00:08:33.23 | Pastor Peter Romanowski | We gotta wait for it. |
| 00:08:33.69 | Vice Mayor | Thank you. |
| 00:08:35.71 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Oh, I think he's going to try to put in a pocket square. That's my money is on a pocket square. But you're the pocket square. You and Chris. I listen. I'm happy to share. We all have matching ones that would make me happy. |
| 00:08:42.38 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | You and |
| 00:08:54.75 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | All right, well, when IPS is ready, |
| 00:08:59.02 | Ian Sobieski | I'm ready to go right in. |
| 00:09:00.38 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | OK, and I think, Joel, there you are. Great. OK, Molly, we're all back and ready for you. Thank you. |
| 00:09:07.17 | Walfred Solorzano | Wonderful. |
| 00:09:07.76 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:09:08.11 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 00:09:11.73 | Walfred Solorzano | And were you going to provide any closed session announcements, Mayor? I am going to make a quick comment. |
| 00:09:22.91 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | to me when we're ready. We're ready now, Mayor. Okay, well, welcome everybody. This is the Sausalito City Council meeting for December 13th. We are returning from closed session. If you saw the closed session item, it was a conference of labor negotiators and the employee organization was the Sausalito Police Association. I do just wanna take a moment and pause and send our thoughts to the Tiburon Police Community and the family of Sergeant Sean Christopher. who passed away this past weekend. We're thinking of all of them and the police community in Tiburon, as well as Sergeant Christopher's family. And we're very sorry to hear that. So just wanted to take a moment and acknowledge that. Okay. With that said, we are now going to head and approve the agenda. We are going to remove agenda items 7B and 7D. And if that's okay with everybody, I'll ask for emotions, |
| 00:10:21.59 | Jill Hoffman | you I have a I have a point. Um, Anyway, with regard to item 5J, And that's our calendar for next year. Absolutely. The proposed calendar, I reviewed it and there's three dates that I think are problematic. One is Wednesday, July 5th. I mean, you know, that needs no explanation. So, |
| 00:10:47.19 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Do you want to get there when we get to consent? Yeah. Well, I don't. |
| 00:10:50.50 | Jill Hoffman | Well, |
| 00:10:51.27 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:10:51.30 | Jill Hoffman | Well, I don't know. I mean, I don't think, I don't think we need to take it off consent. Maybe. I don't know how to do that. I mean, I don't know if we need to vote on that or if we need to amend. the calendar or if the staff can just work on it, take it and take it for action. So I don't know, let me get through, there's only two other dates, One is Tuesday, August 15th, which is in the middle of August. We usually try to take August off or most of August. off to give ourselves and staff a rest from city council meetings and the residents. And also November 21st, which is Thanksgiving week. So those are the three days that I thought were problematic. So I don't know if I need to take that off. We could vote on it in January. |
| 00:11:34.10 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. Good catches. I see Council Member Cleveland Knowles has her hand up as does the city manager. So let's hear from them and then maybe Greg can tell us how to proceed. |
| 00:11:43.31 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | I just, we've had this issue come up before. And I think what we did was approve the calendar as of like January. in February or something, whatever, up to a point where you don't have issues with the dates, approve that tonight and then have it on there first. |
| 00:11:53.13 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 00:11:59.04 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | calendar in January. seem to work. Thank you. |
| 00:12:03.26 | Jill Hoffman | Right. |
| 00:12:03.63 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 00:12:03.75 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. So maybe go ahead. Maybe I'll do the motion with the amendment to 5J. And then we can have a motion to approve the consent calendar as amended. |
| 00:12:17.67 | Unknown | You can do it that way. |
| 00:12:22.13 | Jill Hoffman | Yeah, we just do that through, I didn't see any problems up through June. So I'll just say for the first six months, is that, I mean, I don't have any, that's fine with me. |
| 00:12:22.35 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Bye. |
| 00:12:33.28 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Are we on the consent calendar? Yeah, we're not on consent yet. |
| 00:12:33.87 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | I can't. |
| 00:12:33.94 | Sandra Bushmaker | I'm not. |
| 00:12:34.01 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 00:12:34.02 | Sandra Bushmaker | Thank you. |
| 00:12:34.23 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | you Challenge. |
| 00:12:34.76 | Jill Hoffman | Yeah, we're not on consent. |
| 00:12:35.83 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | Yeah. |
| 00:12:37.62 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | So we're there. So let's just go ahead and approve. No comments. Well, well stated. Let's go ahead and approve the agenda for tonight. There was one edit to that that was removal. |
| 00:12:38.50 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 00:12:51.10 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | What did we remove here? Sorry. Let's go back up. |
| 00:12:57.78 | Unknown | be. |
| 00:12:59.10 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | 7B and 7D. And so if that is okay with everybody, I'm going to ask for a motion in a second. |
| 00:13:07.05 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | I had. One additional comment on the agenda. It's really just a question and you know historically we've had on our agenda for this December meeting we've had awarding grants from our holiday funding funds. And I know we weren't able to do that last year. It's really kind of always, lovely event and we're able to help. you know, give modest contributions to organizations that do impactful work in Marin. So I just maybe during their |
| 00:13:36.87 | Unknown | Maybe. |
| 00:13:38.49 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | uh, Announcements, we could address that, or we could ask Lieutenant Gregory to comment on where things stand with that. But that was the only issue that I saw with the agenda to me. Otherwise, I'm... happy to make a motion to approve for the changes that |
| 00:13:54.90 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:13:55.75 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | Mm-hmm. |
| 00:13:55.97 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | I'm excited now. City Manager, do you want to speak up before we Yes, for a second. |
| 00:14:01.57 | Chris Zapata | THE END OF when you get the consent item there. |
| 00:14:05.60 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Yes, sir. Okay. All right. So we have a pending motion. Do we have a second for that? Talk again. Thank you. |
| 00:14:10.21 | Walfred Solorzano | Okay, please call the roll. Hasma Russobieski? Thank you. |
| 00:14:13.62 | Ian Sobieski | It's... |
| 00:14:13.69 | Walfred Solorzano | Yeah. |
| 00:14:13.75 | Ian Sobieski | Yes. |
| 00:14:14.24 | Walfred Solorzano | Councilmember Cleveland Knowles? Yes. Councilmember Hoffman? |
| 00:14:14.39 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you. |
| 00:14:17.74 | Walfred Solorzano | Vice Mayor Blaustein? Yes. And Mayor Kalman. |
| 00:14:19.75 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:14:19.85 | Jill Hoffman | Yeah. |
| 00:14:19.96 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:14:20.00 | Vice Mayor | Thank you. |
| 00:14:20.03 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:14:21.55 | Walfred Solorzano | Yes. |
| 00:14:22.97 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Lastly. Okay, great. Thank you, everybody. Okay, we are moving on to mayor's announcements. I do have one announcement. I think you all have heard me Uh, talk about the opportunities we have around the blue economy and climate and activating some of the businesses we have to build a new tax base and economic diversity and resilience. So this is one of my last meetings here as the mayor and so as a point of privilege, I'll just share with you all I'm intending to create called a blue ribbon task force called an ad hoc committee. But a group to dig into this further and evaluate these opportunities now that we have a new community and economic development director. So I wanted to share that with you all. I do have a draft proposed plan for how we might carry this out. I think I've sent it to all of you, but if I haven't, that is my mistake and I would happily send it over. So with that, I will move on unless anybody has any comments on that. Um, Okay, Chris, I still see your hand up. |
| 00:15:23.18 | Chris Zapata | the Senate, Mayor. |
| 00:15:24.53 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Okay, okay, yes sir. On communications, so it looks like we've moved public communications up today. So this is the time for the city council to hear from citizens regarding matters that are not on the agenda. Except in very limited situations, state law precludes the council from taking action on, or engaging in discussions concerning items of business that are not on the agenda. However, the Council may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed by a member of the public, ask clarifying questions, make a brief announcement or make a brief report on his or her own activities. Public comments are limited to three minutes. So I'm going to ask the city clerk to go ahead and explain how you might give a public comment and then we'll see who we have. |
| 00:16:02.62 | Walfred Solorzano | Yes, if you want to comment during the public comment portion of the agenda, you can raise your hand function and zoom under reactions. And please make sure your zoom is updated to the latest version, or you can press nine if you are calling in the city clerk, then we'll select you from the meeting queue. Great, thank you. |
| 00:16:20.98 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:16:21.02 | Walfred Solorzano | in. |
| 00:16:21.28 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:16:22.22 | Walfred Solorzano | Yes. Alice, would you like to unmute, please? |
| 00:16:29.65 | Alice Merrill | Yes, thank you. Hi. Hello. Hello, everybody. Greetings at Christmas time. I just want to honor a group of women Anne? their spouses. who have offered a wonderful thing to this city. And I don't know that they've really been ever by the city. in a, in a, in an open way, and these people are the, are the people who have been decorating the fountain and the elephants for the last 25 years. They've done it on their own. They've done it with some help from the city gardeners. but without making it any ado about it and and have just graciously been doing it. And then they clean it up They take their stuff home. and then they do it the next year. And I just want to honor those people. And Margo and Ray Burgess. We're in on the start. Charlotte Mestrangelo was in on the start. Vera Musaus was in in the start. And Jerry and Dawn Beers have been doing it for years. And there's another name that I don't have written down here. And then other people have helped along the way. But I just want to, I just want, I want everybody who's here to understand that this is a town that people do things because they love it. not because they're going to get any anything other than that. And I don't think they've ever been really honored or thanked. in any way. And I would hope that now we have this, a new committee that puts things up Honestly, without even, or without even. organizing with them when they're putting their things up and just expects to be you know, lauded and And these people just do it because they love their city. And I just want to say that. I'm going on and on, It really matters to me. I know it matters to them. And, I would hope that at some point they get some kind of recognition um, because they deserve it. They've been doing that for so long and it's been so pretty. Everybody has appreciated it. So I thank you. That was it. |
| 00:19:08.29 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Alice, thank you, and I will call you tomorrow. Follow up. Thank you. |
| 00:19:13.30 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 00:19:13.34 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Ali. |
| 00:19:13.62 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 00:19:13.64 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Bye. |
| 00:19:13.67 | Walfred Solorzano | is next. |
| 00:19:20.19 | Ali Baer | Hi, Ellie. Hi, how are you? I'm Ali Baer and I was one of the local Sausalito residents that was spreading the word about all the reasons to vote no on measure K. And for myself and all the others in our community who were opposed to this measure, I first wanted to sincerely thank our city council members for your unanimous endorsement. And also to all of our Sausalito voters who participated in the election. As many of you know, we actually succeeded in a 74% no vote to measure K, which was just an incredible landslide. I think just speaks so much about how much our community can come together when we all care about something. So anyway, I truly appreciate everyone's help and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday. And I think this is just a fantastic way to finish out the year for our lovely town. So thank you again. Thanks, Allie. Pastor Peter, you're next. |
| 00:20:35.70 | Pastor Peter Romanowski | Hello. Can you hear me? |
| 00:20:37.53 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Yes, we can. |
| 00:20:39.40 | Pastor Peter Romanowski | Yes, I'm Pastor Peter Romanowski. I first set foot in this town in 64 And this town is the love of my life. And I'm anchored out in Sausalito on San Francisco Bay. And I've been anchored out here for, you know, I don't know, 38 years, you know. Um, Now trying to get a place on shore, and of course there's no affordable housing to speak of in Sausalito, And we're told to go find housing someplace else or emergency or someplace else. And that place is pretty full. And, The reason I'm calling, about Galley Harbor and the Dingy Dog. Now, our dinghy dock was taken out two years ago. because the police couldn't competently deal with the screamer out there or something. And, took out our dinghy dog. We only have one dog. and the entire waterfront of South Leo. And of course, We see this as, you know, a destruction of our waterfront way of life. to have only one dinghy dog. in the whole town to come to, which is a navigational hazard and a danger to people who have to travel halfway across the bay to get food and water. while the harbor master out there, the harbor administrator is like sharks in the water, seeking to destroy our boats. And, I'm just concerned it's been over two years and our dinghy dock is supposed to come back. um, |
| 00:22:09.68 | Unknown | I'm not sure. |
| 00:22:10.96 | Pastor Peter Romanowski | After two years, it's been over two years to the best of my understanding, And Galilee Harbor has taken a hostile stand against the anchor outs of Salcelito, the historical anchor outs. which people have been anchoring out here since the days of Sir Francis Grace, who first anchored off Sausalito, according to the local Miwok's in their book, of. It's all published in a book. Drake at Olympi. Anyways, you can get it through the Asian Pacific Press. Oh. This is where Sir Francis Drake first anchored, And, um, he was not given those 75 notice. You know, trust me. and Everybody out here has been told that They're either marine debris, And they got to get off the bay in 72 hours. because the only power BCDC has and of course also, is marine debris. all. Um, And they've been using the Marine Debris Law to try to get rid of all the anchor outs, calling our boat, rain to breathe. Um, because, They have no you know, police power. Nobody's ever gotten a ticket for anchoring over 72 hours. The reason nobody's ever got a ticket here there's no law. that says, We can't. and save two hours, you know, all in the state legislature You can't pass a law like that. And, Anyways, so I'm concerned about our dinghy dock, getting it back, concerned about our law enforcement sauce, Thank you, Pastor Peter. |
| 00:23:42.86 | Unknown | Thank you, Pastor Peter. Appreciate it. |
| 00:23:44.45 | Pastor Peter Romanowski | Appreciate it. |
| 00:23:45.19 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | I promise. |
| 00:23:45.58 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:23:45.98 | Pastor Peter Romanowski | Thank you. |
| 00:23:49.97 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Mr. Sobieski. |
| 00:23:51.79 | Ian Sobieski | Thanks, Mayor. Yeah, I just wanted to respond to Alice Merrill's comment because I think it's important I appreciate that very much. I just wanted to note here it is that as you know, I'm the one of the liaisons to EDAC and EDAC gave one of their first EDAC Community Awards to, and here it is, Charlotte Mastralian, Mastrangelo, and various others. You can read the award there. that honors this incredible work that the community has done for more than 20 years. decorating that entire area at this holiday season. It's in bold letters down there with appreciation and many thanks because they paved the way for what's, uh, for many, wonderful holiday seasons and Their foundation is the tradition that's carried on with the new effort by Cass Green and others to install lights in that area. the installation of the tree, the engagement of a whole bunch of holiday events. So I think it's important that Alice know that this award was given and the whole community knows this award was given two years ago now. to those individuals and that, uh, I'm sure the whole city is proud of all of them and thankful, as we are for all the volunteers who contribute in innumerable ways to make our town. Wonderful, often with no compensation, at all, and sometimes even criticism. So thanks to everybody who volunteers to help our town. |
| 00:25:16.89 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Councilmember, thank you for that. That is a wonderful addition to our knowledge, and thank you for sharing that with everybody here. And perhaps Abbott could include that in a future occurrence so that it can be spread beyond EDAC. So thank you for sharing that. Any other members of the public? no mayor Okay, we'll go ahead and close public comment. Move on to the action minutes of the previous meeting. We do have one set of meeting minutes. It is from November 15th, 2022. Do we have any public comments on the meeting minutes? Now, Mayor. Okay, we'll close public comment. Do I have a motion and a second? |
| 00:25:57.96 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | So move. |
| 00:25:58.37 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. Second, Please call the roll. Councilmember Sobieski. |
| 00:26:04.41 | Unknown | Yes. |
| 00:26:05.07 | Walfred Solorzano | Councilmember Cleveland Knowles. Yes. Councilmember Hoffman. Yes. Vice Mayor Blaustein. Yes. And Mayor Kamin. Yes. Passage unanimously. Okay. |
| 00:26:16.43 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | I see we have a little bit of a different agenda tonight, so we're gonna move on to Council Member Committee reports, if we have any. Uh, Any comments on your committees? It's been kind of quiet. Okay. And then we'll see if there's anything. |
| 00:26:32.93 | Ian Sobieski | You know, Mary, I just, even though I said it, I'll say it again, just because it really deserves effort in another model of... a public-private partnership where we can do more with less. Private money, private volunteer hours, combined with a little bit of city money and a little bit of city greasing of traditional red tape have enabled the illumination of downtown with more lights. Everyone, I remember when we did Princess Street, I heard from Sandra Bushmaker that when she was mayor, 20 years ago, this was a project that was near and dear to her heart, and there have been many people between then and now who have tried to make downtown more of harmonious to the holiday season. And these lights are an example of that. Some of that money came from the, line item that the city allocated to EDAC for economic development. And the expectation is that besides filling our hearts with joy that the more lit up downtown will actually be good for business. So a classic win-win that EDAC and the community of, again, private volunteer hours and private money. with a little bit of public help is going to try to expand to other areas of town. |
| 00:27:46.66 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you for that. Excellent. Any other comments to report out? Okay, any public comment on the committee report that you just heard? |
| 00:27:57.36 | Walfred Solorzano | Let me check, Mayor. Yes, we do have one. Jeff. |
| 00:28:06.50 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Welcome, Jeff. This would be a public comment on the committee report that you just heard. |
| 00:28:14.50 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 00:28:14.52 | Jeffrey Chase | Thank you. |
| 00:28:14.55 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 00:28:14.60 | Jeffrey Chase | Yeah. |
| 00:28:14.75 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 00:28:17.39 | Jeffrey Chase | Yes, I'm here. Can you hear me? |
| 00:28:19.21 | Walfred Solorzano | Yes, we can. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:28:21.79 | Jeffrey Chase | Um... So... Committee comments. |
| 00:28:29.16 | Jeffrey Chase | was behind closed doors as this meeting tonight. without transparency, We cannot function as a city. The lights. Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and Christmas. But those three together means something. more. than just the lights. The miracle lights of Hanukkah. Mean. That- that We keep it lit. in a prayer that the sun's gonna come back. that, even though I lost an election. Not demanding to recount. |
| 00:29:28.53 | Jeffrey Chase | I feel it was a fair election. but I feel that the citizens have to be involved before March in public, that COVID deaths are at zero in Marin. There is no more reason to keep this behind closed doors. And the public comments that you got in the letters said the same thing. So I'd like to agree with them. And I wanna congratulate all of you for doing this and doing all the work that you do and keeping those lights up. Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:30:01.72 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:30:01.74 | Jeffrey Chase | Bye. |
| 00:30:01.88 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:30:01.89 | Jeffrey Chase | Thank you. |
| 00:30:01.98 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Mr. Tracy? Molly, any other public comment? I'm here. Okay. Thanks everybody. We'll move on to consent calendar. Removal of items from the consent calendar matters listed under the consent calendar are considered routine and non-controversial, require no discussion, are expected to have unanimous council support, and may be enacted by the council in one motion in the form listed below. There'll be no separate discussion of consent calendar items. However, before the council votes on a motion to adopt the consent calendar items, council members, city staff, or members of the public may request that specific items be removed from the consent calendar for separate actions. So I will. Go ahead and open that up. to public comment. And then we'll bring it back under the city manager has a comment and revisit councilman Hoffman's comment. Any comments on the consent calendar? |
| 00:30:52.69 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. I see no public comments, Mayor. kind of. |
| 00:30:56.35 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | those who have a comment. City Manager, can you make your addition? |
| 00:31:00.23 | Chris Zapata | As mayor and council, I'd like to respectfully request Item five H authorization execution of the lease between the city of Sausalito with Aaron Birch and Wayne bellows located at 100 Ebtide Avenue, Suite 340, Sausalito, California, be moved to the January agenda so we can do some more work on that. |
| 00:31:20.66 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Right. And then can we return now to Council Member Hoffman's comments? Uh, Do we have a satisfactory I think path forward with that, Councilman Hoffman. up to a certain degree. |
| 00:31:33.44 | Ali Baer | to certain different ways. |
| 00:31:33.86 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 00:31:34.42 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:31:34.43 | Jill Hoffman | I think so, but then, Do I just in my motion, are we all in agreement to move the 5H, which is the lease to January? Anybody opposed to that? |
| 00:31:43.99 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:31:44.02 | Jill Hoffman | Not at all. Okay, so then I think then the motion that I would make would be five I would move that the council approve Well, I think the first motion is that we move 5-H to January 10th. So I'll just move that right now. Thank you. |
| 00:32:03.19 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:32:04.09 | Jill Hoffman | Okay. |
| 00:32:04.78 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Okay, and call the roll |
| 00:32:06.03 | Walfred Solorzano | up please Molly. |
| 00:32:06.97 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:32:06.99 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 00:32:07.00 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | you |
| 00:32:07.02 | Walfred Solorzano | Councilmember Sobieski. |
| 00:32:08.49 | Jill Hoffman | Yes. |
| 00:32:09.10 | Walfred Solorzano | Councilmember Cleveland Knowles? Yes. Councilmember Hoffman? Vice Mayor Blaustein. Yes, mayor common yes message unanimously. |
| 00:32:17.94 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | you Okay. And then Councillor you want to handle the calendar? Thank you. |
| 00:32:22.21 | Jill Hoffman | It's... |
| 00:32:22.28 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Yeah. |
| 00:32:22.39 | Jill Hoffman | So then my my motion is that Um, My motion is that items 5A through 5G and items. five J through. 5i, sorry, 5i. Yeah, 5J. Sorry. |
| 00:32:48.45 | Jill Hoffman | Yeah, 5. 5 through M. Okay, 5J is the schedule. I got that. Yeah. So 5I, so it's, |
| 00:32:49.73 | Unknown | I'm trying to get it. |
| 00:32:55.25 | Jill Hoffman | 5A through G, 5I, And 5K through 5M. be, um, be approved, and that I amend item 5J. that we approve the proposed calendar for January 1st through June 30th. with direction to staff to come back to us at some time during that six month period the first six month period with amendments to the second half of 2023. |
| 00:33:24.12 | Walfred Solorzano | Second. you |
| 00:33:25.30 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:33:26.11 | Walfred Solorzano | please call the roll on that. Council member Sobieski. Yes. Council member Cleveland Knowles. Yes. Council member Hoffman. |
| 00:33:29.03 | Unknown | Yes. |
| 00:33:33.10 | Walfred Solorzano | you |
| 00:33:33.22 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Yes. |
| 00:33:33.29 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. Vice Mayor Blaustein. Yes. And may I comment? Yes. Pass it unanimously. |
| 00:33:39.06 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Right. |
| 00:33:39.33 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 00:33:40.12 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Okay, moving along, we have no public hearing items. That was actually just a holdover. So we get to move on. to the business items, which are really more ceremonial tonight, which will be, I think, very enjoyable for all of us. And I'm going to kick it off because I have the honor of honoring our outgoing Councilmember, Councilmember Cleveland Knowles. And I will say, not only did I get to serve Councilmember Cleveland Knowles on the City Council, but we did have a slight overlap on the Planning Commission as well in 2016. So I've had the honor of having the opportunity to work with with Susan. And I have to say I am very proud of what we've accomplished in the last five years. genuinely and continually been impressed Susan, with your intellect, your thoroughness, your willingness to dig into hard issues. And we served on the general plan, working group together. I mean, many things that require really rolling up our sleeves. And you were always prepared. And you really did the homework and came with thoughtful, insightful comments. And I very much admire that. So I'd like to highlight a few accomplishments, if I may. Keep in mind, Susan was mayor in 2020 through the beginning of the pandemic and all its challenges. I don't envy that role, but it took a strong hand and I think a very clear vision to be able to guide the city with the safe stay-at-home orders, working with our regional health officials and local nonprofit partners to support our residents. And Susan is at the helm at that time, and I think we're very fortunate to have her there. And Susan also had a significant focus throughout her tenure over the last five years on strategic planning and infrastructure. And I'm sure you'll all remember when we first started, Susan really prioritized this and urged the council to embrace a strategic planning process so that we can maximize the impact of our organization, our limited resources. I know that we are going to have some big shoes to fill when it comes to transportation infrastructure specifically. Her tireless work on PBAG and TAM, I think, has become increasingly important. And so I can't thank you enough for representing us so well there. You really had an amazing handle on electric charging, vehicle opportunities, grant opportunities, and you always seem to bring them to us at the most timely fashion. And so I think really it's with your leadership that we were able to execute on these recent seven EVs because you started that through your work in TAM and PBAC. So a huge thank you for that. That's really fantastic. I also want to highlight that you've been working on housing issues for a long time. Not only did we rope you into serving on this housing element, but you served back in 2011. And we all know it is a tireless job, but it is a heavy lift. And so now, again, with me over the last two years, and you have been very clear and adamant about finding solutions for workforce, for seniors, for families. And I appreciate that clarity and really that dedication to to again, digging in, knowing the issues and bringing keen insight to the table. I'm not done, so I'm gonna keep going. So I also remember you were the one who really suggested that we have a more frequent budget review. I thought that was extremely helpful considering I was on the finance committee my first year. And so I very much appreciate sort of that. that discipline you brought to us in the thoroughness around proposed contracts, budget and opportunities. And I think that was a huge advantage for us with a new city manager and three new council members. So thank you for that and for leading the way. You also were at the helm in a lot of around the parks and open spaces. I just saw you at the Southview Park opening. I know you labored really hard on that and it's in your backyard and you really showed how much you cared Really, in your time here, we have transformed our local parks. We have looked at open spaces as part of the larger climate issue. And I think you brought a lot of that language and that orientation to the table. And so again, huge, huge thank you. And then of course, we started off with a heavy lift when you first join around hiring a new city manager. And I think you brought these years of expertise in San Francisco to be able to help us figure out, okay, what does the city need? How do we do this? How do we evolve while also keeping some institutional knowledge and consistency? So I really could go on and on, but I will just say thank you. It has been an honor. I often said to you that I think our legal training meant that we often looked at issues and analyze them quite similarly. And I always appreciated learning from you. So thank you for your insight and your leadership and your mentorship to the entire council. And we can't wait to see what you do next. I do want to open the floor to other council members to say nice things before we hear from Councilmember Cleveland Knowles. Yeah. |
| 00:38:35.01 | Jill Hoffman | I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOME NICE THINGS. |
| 00:38:35.05 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | That's what happened. |
| 00:38:39.20 | Jill Hoffman | Um, You know, I think it's a great example of the level of professionalism and the talent that we have here in Sausalito and that someone's willing to dedicate the amount of time it takes and bring their level of expertise to the table for our efforts here in Sausalito. And it's always good to have. Um, differing opinions, you know, and so that everybody can work their way toward listening to those different opinions. And I Council member Cleveland Nelson has definitely done that throughout her time on the council to the better Betterment of Sausalito, certainly. So I wanna thank her for that. And also I want to thank her family. Jeff and her two children, who I know have worked their way through junior high and high school, And I, having only one son, I was a quitter after one, I get it. But, um, You know, I know what it's like to, he was a sophomore, I think, when I was like, I know that her kids are even younger. And so trying to balance that, it's a huge sacrifice for your family and a huge sacrifice for your spouse. Yeah. time and effort it takes to to devote to something like Sausalito. So thank you to you, thank you to your family. And I wish you all the happiness of a stress-free holiday. Awesome. Congratulations. |
| 00:39:50.93 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you, Council Member. |
| 00:39:52.69 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 00:39:52.70 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Katwa Sobiaski. |
| 00:39:54.54 | Ian Sobieski | Yeah, I was just going to put in my two cents. Susan, you're my mentor for me. Thank you for everything you do. I was alluding earlier to thanks for all the volunteers. You're paramount among them. Incredible amount of hours you've given to this city before. Yeah. You ran for city council? And then you decided to run for city council. So thank you for everything you do for your community. legacy is the tree you plant that you don't get the even take part of the shade. And so your legacy is going to endure here in Sausalito. for many, many, many years. Thank you for everything you've done. |
| 00:40:32.78 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | I'm Vice Mayor. |
| 00:40:34.69 | Vice Mayor | Oh boy, this is going to be tough to say bye to you, Councilmember Cleveland Knowles. I have a lot I could say. We met under... Very fun circumstances running against each other in 2017. And I think I started to want to hang out with you when you got your election puppy after the win. So once you had Rio, things softened up a little bit, and I had the chance to work with you right away on the mayor's Blue Ribbon Committee on Housing alongside Joan Cox. And we were able to work together on our shared passion for housing. And I was so impressed by the ideas you brought to the table. And when I was serving on the sustainability commission, you were the liaison there and you did so much to work for. |
| 00:41:06.95 | Unknown | So, |
| 00:41:15.70 | Vice Mayor | you know, the cause for mitigating climate change and to really providing all of the resources we need on the Sustainability Commission. and I have to just say, I don't know how you do it all because you have a very demanding difficult full-time job and an amazing family. You should be very proud of the kids you've raised because I'm always, they're both great, but I'm especially impressed by Hillary when she makes me a copy of Firehouse and I can see how happy she is to be in her job. And I have just, you've really been a fantastic mentor for me and It has been really an honor to work alongside you and to see how far our COLLEAGUE RELATIONSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP HAS COME. I WILL CONTINUE TO CALL ON YOU. CITY OF SAUSALIDA WILL MISS YOU DEARLY. really wonderful to be able to work alongside you. So thank you so much. |
| 00:42:06.88 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | She's not going anywhere, right? There's always volunteer opportunities. So let's just leave that door open. |
| 00:42:10.45 | Vice Mayor | So let's just think that No! |
| 00:42:14.39 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Exactly. |
| 00:42:14.55 | Vice Mayor | I love it. |
| 00:42:15.28 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Yeah. City Manager, do you want to say a few words? |
| 00:42:20.92 | Chris Zapata | Mayor, I'd defer to the public if the public wants to say something I'd like to go last. |
| 00:42:25.41 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Okay. I THINK WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HAS HIS HAND RAISED. |
| 00:42:31.03 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Ray, if you can go ahead. |
| 00:42:39.66 | Ray | Yeah, hi there. Good evening. Can you hear me? We can hear you. Welcome. Great. So look, I couldn't resist, right? What I want to really say on behalf of lots of people, my theme is thank you. Thank you to Susan for her long service to our city. City owes Susan a significant debt of gratitude. What a lot of folks don't know is that Susan and I began our work for Sol Soledo on exactly the same day. |
| 00:43:24.03 | Unknown | Zah. |
| 00:43:24.45 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:43:26.31 | Ray | in that we were both appointed at exactly the same time in 20, or late 10, I can't quite remember, to a housing element task force. I sort of show up not quite sure what a housing element is. And I'm here meeting my new colleague who is basically running land use for the city of San Francisco. So it was like a bit scary. Anyway, we got over that. Susan and I have been collaborators, I think, at least from my perspective, and I think hers, since that time. Susan went on to the Planning Commission. I don't need to repeat all of these great things that our mayor, our vice mayor, and the other council members have said, because some of these I had written down. What emerged in all my work with Susan were basically her wisdom, her clarity, her compassion. |
| 00:44:33.99 | Unknown | to be able to get the |
| 00:44:38.92 | Ray | collegiality, and most of all, rational, common sense decision-making grounded in a razor sharp intellect. So that's who my colleague was. I want to fast forward and focus at the other end on Um, 2020, I had the privilege of being Susan's vice mayor, so I had a front row seat. I do not believe that many of you fully comprehend what we faced in March 2020. It was, as the mayor alluded to, this was a very significant challenge. And all I can say, because of her background, because of her skills, because of Well, who Susan is as a politician and a leader She was tailor-made for that crisis. We really needed her at that time. And it was a great honor to work with her during that period. So on behalf of a lot of people, thank you. Susan for being a great council member, a fantastic mayor, a superb colleague, and a really good friend. Thank you. |
| 00:46:08.16 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you, Ray. I see two other hands up. Mm-hmm. |
| 00:46:19.01 | Unknown | I'm guessing it's my turn. So on behalf of Shelby and I, we want to just really thank you, Susan, for your many years of service to Sausalito. I think Ray has just summed it up in his beautiful, articulate manner, as he always does. And, of course, the list of kudos that the mayor also explained. But it's really your fortitude, hard work, focus on the issues, your dedication, and frankly, in many situations, keeping the city on course. You know, sometimes city council, you've got a lot of variety of opinions and so on. People have strong ways that want to express those. And you always came through as a voice of reason and a voice of clarity and kind of keeping things on course. And I think that's Thank you. relationship as well and Shelby and I are just so thankful for all your dedication years of service to the city and do wish you the best going forward thanks again |
| 00:46:42.58 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:46:42.68 | Unknown | Bye. |
| 00:46:42.73 | Unknown | Bye. |
| 00:47:36.34 | Walfred Solorzano | Next is Alice Merrill. |
| 00:47:43.21 | Alice Merrill | Hello. Susan. I worked hard to get you elected and I loved it. It was fun and exciting and I met your mom and we tromped up and down a lot of stairs. And I'm grateful that I was able to do that. You showed a lot of humanity. When you, you know, at the very beginning, when a few things were happening that just were a little bit nervous for me, you always showed, you always showed such humanity. And I really appreciated that. So thank you and I know we have some know divergent opinions about things but um you are always steady and during covid you were the part perfect. person, for sure. So thank you very much. |
| 00:48:36.15 | Walfred Solorzano | Next is Jeff Knowles. Who's this guy? |
| 00:48:40.49 | Unknown | Thank you. My name is Jeff Knowles. |
| 00:48:41.57 | Walfred Solorzano | My name is Jeff Knowles. Thank you. |
| 00:48:43.69 | Unknown | It will come as no surprise that I am a fervent Susan Cleveland Knowles fan. Susan is many things and I appreciate all the comments that the mayor and the council members and others have made tonight. They're all well deserved. I would like to say that Susan is gifted in many ways. She is a gifted lawyer. I should know we met in court as opposing counsel in a jury trial. Um, don't repeat this outside of this room, but she might've gotten the better of me in that trial. Um, But didn't change the fact that she held a lot of interest for me. She's also a gifted public servant. She thinks she's not a good campaigner, but she ran a heck of a campaign in 2017. against two very worthy opponents. And so she was better at campaigning than she thought, but she is really gifted as a policymaker. She is thoughtful. She is even. She's all the things everyone has said. Um, And then as a spouse, she's amazing. I mean, many of you know that I was in a bad accident in April and she took care of me when I couldn't take care of myself. |
| 00:50:08.98 | Unknown | So, It will be a loss for Sausalito. when she steps off. but it's a gain for our family. Thank you, Susan. |
| 00:50:22.82 | Walfred Solorzano | Elect Cox, you're next. |
| 00:50:22.95 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 00:50:29.89 | Joan Cox | Thank you. |
| 00:50:29.90 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 00:50:31.09 | Joan Cox | Um, I cannot say things better than the others who have spoken, but I do want to also acknowledge that Susan and I worked together on a couple of housing elements, on the planning commission, and then on the city council. And Susan and I share roles in our real life as municipal lawyers. And so we had that commonality as well. Susan and I, not surprisingly, did not agree on everything. And I so genuinely appreciate Susan's professionalism and her willingness to reach consensus, even when we did not agree. That was a huge strength of hers. I recall one issue. We started a debate, a heated debate in front of the city council And we started out at three, two. And thanks to Susan's graciousness, we ended up with a 5-0 vote on a very key issue to Sausalito. And that just bespeaks her professionalism, her dedication to the city, and her willingness to find common ground, even where difficult. And so that's one of the things I appreciate most about the opportunity of having worked with her I will tell you, I've already asked Susan to remain available as a trusted advisor after she steps off the council, and I'm pleased to announce that she has agreed to do so, as well as some of the other people on this call. And so we will definitely take advantage of that, Susan, and thank you so much for your years. of dedicated and worthy service to the city of Sausalito. |
| 00:52:07.05 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Well said. I think we have one less hand up city manager over to you. |
| 00:52:14.01 | Chris Zapata | On behalf of the organization, council member Cleveland Knowles, I wanna just say simply, thank you for making us better. You did that every time we saw you. every aspect of your service to the community was all geared at making our organization, our community better. And I wanna thank you on behalf all the people that work for the city of Sausalito's as fellow public servants. And then I also want to tell you, there's a fantastic gift coming your way. Thank you. We'll deliver to your doorstep. Thank you again. |
| 00:52:47.25 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. Thank you everybody. I'd love to turn over to Councilmember Cleveland Knowles. for final thoughts. |
| 00:52:52.51 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 00:52:52.53 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:52:53.24 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | Oh my gosh, you guys, thank you so much. This was like very overwhelming, huge tribute. Thank you so much. You all know this was a very difficult, decision for me, but the right decision and I am I'm grateful to all of you. I think gratitude is the watchword of my year this year. And I wanted to, if you'll indulge me for just a couple of minutes to express gratitude for five things. first to our city manager, department heads, and staff. who show up every day to work hard for the city of Sassolito. Our job is sort of the easy one, just that broad policy, but we need to trust and respect our amazing staff to bring these policies to life. and keep our city running smoothly. I just want to thank our city manager for refocusing us this year. on letting our staff do their jobs and to our staff for delivering time and time again on so many important projects this year. I really don't know how they do it. They do so much. with you know, not a huge number of resources. So I just want to express huge gratitude to them. It is not an easy task being a public servant in the Bay Area. this point in time and our staff do amazing work. Second, I wanted to express my gratitude to all the, just all the amazing local and regional partners that I've met for mentoring me and showing me how local and regional collaboration when done intentionally and respectfully, can leverage our limited resources and magnify our impact. And many of the folks who spoke tonight are among that group. and as are many on the screen. Um, From renovating our parks to working on transportation infrastructure, a whole bunch of the things that the mayor already mentioned, to housing, sewer consolidation, I've learned so much from so many of you. And I hope that the amazing work that we've done together on so many important topics will continue. Third, referencing an issue that the mayor also mentioned, I just wanted to thank the city council and staff who we worked together in early 2022 to work on our strategic plan and capital improvement plan. I know I harp on this a lot, but I feel like it's so important for the continuity of operations and overall success of our city to keep our focus on the things that we've committed to. And I hope that this city council will iterate on that when you City Council that will be seated tonight will iterate. on that and use it as a guidepost to prioritize and continue city work. And Fourth, I just want to thank each of the four of you that I have sat on the council with for the last two years. your dedication to the city, the number of hours that you put in, your intellect, your hard work, your compassion, your empathy, and your energy are staggering. And I want to thank you for being such amazing and steadfast colleagues. and for everything that you do for Sassolita. And lastly, and I hope I can say this without crying, I just wanna thank all of the families in Sausalito, who have bolstered my family along the way. And I do wanna thank my son, Jack, my daughter, Hillary. And my husband, Jeff. Mm-hmm. So thank you everyone. end. I am. sure that This city will be in fantastic hands with the council that's seated tonight. So thank you all. Thank you. |
| 00:56:44.83 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | I'm doing a real clap. |
| 00:56:48.92 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | Yeah. |
| 00:56:49.19 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. Susan, thank you. It's been an honor. |
| 00:56:49.56 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | Yeah. |
| 00:56:52.27 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | And you know, we will call on you and I know that you will willingly give up yourself as you have done. Truly, thank you. Thank you. |
| 00:57:04.05 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 00:57:04.07 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 00:57:08.07 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Well. With that said, I think we are moving on to the next item. I'll hand it over to the city manager. |
| 00:57:17.59 | Chris Zapata | Thank you, Mayor and Council. I'm going to do a brief report on the year that we've had with Mayor Kellman, and then I'll follow up with a more comprehensive report. at the end of this agenda. So one of the things I want to say is on behalf of the organization, a big thank you to Mayor Janelle Kellman. Mayor Kellman, you know, served as a vice mayor during 2021 and unanimously appointed by this council as the mayor in January 2022. Uh, her leadership led to the pushing of priorities and infrastructure. which is near and dear. revenue, which is necessary as well as our climate and the challenges related to it. working with the city council with staff and community partners, she led key initiatives. including I'll start with the big one. A request to Senator McGuire and Assemblymember Levine for $4 million. to complete 30% design a simple review of comprehensive projects to address sea level rise in their impacts in Sausalito. And as a result, had a commitment, has a commitment for the city to receive $1 million for sea level rise mitigation and studies. That was wonderful. As part of the city council, you've led successful labor negotiations with all bargaining agreements, including our SEIU local, our Associated Police Association, our management and confidential employees in a very, very difficult financial environment. Speaking of finances, you've helped us to restructure our whole finance operation, along with the city council, so that we started looking at our long-term debt. our pension obligations and our general obligation debt and starting to look at revenue and refinancing options under your leadership. along with full city council, unanimously supported putting the question of measure L to social voters on the ballot. to add eight years of revenue and keeping more local money local. Thank you so much for that. Again, also thanks to the community who passed this overwhelmingly, which this will help our infrastructure and maintenance needs in the future over the next five, eight years. as an interested almost staff person, you've worked with our grant team, to apply for applications totaling over $3 million. We'll see where that all ends up, but you know, that's just hard work. And certainly in the areas of climate and transportation, your expertise has been really, really helpful and supportive. A climate resolution, climate emergency resolution helps us get traction on other key priorities, including EV charging stations and working to move our community away from the use of single use plastic. You're also aware of regional and state matters. When we heard that the county had a surplus of $51 million, you asked the city council to request an additional $1.5 million to the city council. to address our encampment related concerns. And although we didn't get one and a half million dollars, We will now be receiving $1 million in state and county funds to assist and address homelessness challenges in our community. At the direction of the city council, he worked with our staff and with Congressman Huffman or not. consultant at Cal OES to continue to pursue reimbursement for the 2019 landslide after we had struck out not once but twice to get over $350,000 to our general fund, which sorely needed. And then finally, you mentioned it earlier in your comments, you've researched and developed a new economy strategy that is in alignment with the RA and Jobs Act which could bring significant jobs in tax basis, as well along with major innovations is important decarbonization and electrification. You've been a, not a good leader, but a very great leader for this community in a very challenging time. And I thank you on behalf of the organization. And those are some of the things I think that point to that leadership and your public service to Sausalito. Thank you on behalf again, Mayor. |
| 01:01:28.70 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 01:01:29.12 | Chris Zapata | Thank you. you tenure. |
| 01:01:31.40 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thanks very much. Can we weigh in? Thank you. |
| 01:01:35.44 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. Yeah. |
| 01:01:35.64 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Don't. |
| 01:01:36.03 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | I don't feel obligated, but sure, I'd be my honor. Well, I know Chris, you know, listed just a lot of the amazing accomplishments of a really, really impactful year, but I just wanted to To add on, thank you for mentioning our kind of long collaboration on, and really deep collaboration, I think, on the general plan and kind of continued on to the housing element Advisory Committee and I just really valued that invaluable collaboration and having your intelligence and your knowledge of the issues and your ability to persistently question Um, until you get the answer is that we all need to make the decisions to move forward. And I'm really amazed and very proud that we were able to submit our housing element, which is just such a controversial topic to HCD with your leadership on that committee. I also just feel like you ran amazing meetings this year Great dialogue. We were really, it's very hard. to be. It's really hard to be five people with the Brown Act in any case and it's even harder on Zoom. And somehow I felt that we were able to have intelligent, respectful, deep conversations on a lot of different policy topics. And I think that was really due to your ability to manage our meetings and to allow us to express our opinions and have just a really important and amazing dialogue. So thank you for that. I think it was great for us and good for the community. Um, And I just wanna thank you for the focus that you gave to C-Level Rise Resiliency. and leading Sassolito into a sustainable future. I hope that council and our regional partners can continue to move in that direction and build on the amazing work that you've done. quite impressive amount of money. that you've been able to bring in on that. So thank you. Thank you, Suzanne. |
| 01:03:49.96 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | It means a lot. I really appreciate that. Councillor Sobieski, thank you. |
| 01:03:55.41 | Ian Sobieski | Well, Janelle, I could go on, but you're not leaving. It's so I'll save the full hegiography for... |
| 01:04:00.44 | Unknown | I'm still here. |
| 01:04:03.65 | Ian Sobieski | for some other time, but just in honor of your service as mayor, I want to emphasize one thing I know that you care a lot about, you're an athlete. I think everyone knows that team player in, uh, collegiate athletics and after. And I know you care a lot about team dynamics and that that's one of the first principle first principles that guide what you do. And one of the things I really respect and I'm impressed by is the way you do conduct your life from first principles, things you care about, and then you drive your actions from them and your care about team is one of them and that extends the city staff as well as your colleagues on city council and and benefits Sausalito in myriad ways and always earns my appreciation and respect. So hats off to you. Congratulations. |
| 01:04:49.47 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you for being such a good teammate. Uh, |
| 01:04:54.07 | Vice Mayor | Bye. |
| 01:04:54.56 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. |
| 01:04:54.59 | Vice Mayor | Thank you. Wow, I'm really glad you're not leaving because then I'd be here all night. I really just feel so lucky and honored to have served as your vice mayor because I learned so much from you and your leadership style and the way you manage difficult situations. And the way you really made everyone have the opportunity to be heard, whether you agreed with what they were saying or not, you always gave everyone the time and you always weighed everyone's opinion and tried so hard to bring us to consensus. And I could visibly see it hurting you when we didn't get to consensus. It was like a painful period for you when we could not all find a way forward. And, you know, I think that a lot of that, as Ian said, comes from your team player dynamic as a trail runner. It's been really fun to see you on the trails. I hope you still rock your awesome mayor hat as long as forever. But I also just deeply admire as a fellow climate warrior how committed you've been to doing everything possible to take steps for sea level rise, for climate change resilience, for funding for climate change resilience. and thinking about our shared future in a creative way. AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS I LEARNED FROM YOU, MAYOR KELMAN, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP IS THAT Just because we're a small city doesn't mean we can't be on the map. You always did everything you could to put us out there locally, regionally, at the state level, and internationally. You were at, you know, the UN Ocean Conference representing us in a really exciting way and getting people to talk about Sausalito in every corner of states all over and And I was so inspired by that, just as a reminder of, you know, think big even if you're in a smaller community. because there's no reason why you can't create the best possible example for a blue economy. So I can't wait to see what you do working on your small task force on that. And I, and I'm really thrilled that you're going to stay on the council. And it's just been, I, It's been a real honor to be able to learn from you and serve under you. And I really appreciate it. I appreciate your mayorship, so thank you. |
| 01:06:56.67 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you for your support of my somewhat outlandish big ideas. You always help me ground them and figure out a path forward. So thank you. Over to Council Member Hoffman, who I just have to point out, was my mayor when I was the vice mayor. And so I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to really learn from you. You get to close us out. |
| 01:07:24.51 | Jill Hoffman | I can get myself off mute. So, I mean, everybody's talked about all of your great achievements, not just this year, but last year too, as a, as a vice mayor and a lot of the initiatives that, You know, we started working off right off the bat with climate change and the sea level rise task force and getting that report in and You were obviously the chair of that and the moving force behind that report. It's just really incredible watching and participating in some of the initiatives that you've worked on and that we've worked on together. And it really have propelled Sausalito forward. And I'm very excited about the Blue Water Innovation Zone and some of the things, the efforts down there in the Marin ship and really fostering that. I talked a lot about that during the campaign and a lot of support for that. So I know that that's a huge interest in Sausalito. and part of our economic sustainability. So, and we've talked about that a lot too. I look forward to that and thank you for your leadership and all the other things that everybody else has talked about. Yeah, I'm glad you're not going anywhere and I look forward to great things. Thank you, council member. Really appreciate it. |
| 01:08:36.97 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | your guidance and help me figure out how to do this job. So thank you. I see two members of the public have their hands raised, so we'll turn it over to Jeff and then Joan. Jeff. |
| 01:08:53.21 | Jeffrey Chase | uh, hello, uh, I'll join everybody else with that. saying happy holidays to the departing mayor and, City Councilwoman I'm gonna respond. briefly to what the city manager said about a million dollars now coming for... homelessness. What's happened in the past, I wanna leave in the past. But what is happening now, we have to pay attention to. So So we have to not make this adversarial. where it is the city council, against the California Homeless Union Sausalito chapter. and its lawyer in federal court. or not. because that's benefiting some of you as partners of the law firm that's fighting. the homeless. I do not want that to happen again. I do not want a million dollars to go into legal fees. especially when they're connected to people on the city council. That's for Joan Cox in particular. So the million dollars is meant to help people and not to pay for lawyers that have a house. |
| 01:10:20.62 | Jeffrey Chase | Happy holidays. in the spirit of Hanukkah, In the spirit. of the Maccabees. Thank you. |
| 01:10:30.97 | Unknown | Good job. |
| 01:10:32.64 | Walfred Solorzano | Happy Hanukkah. Councilmember Lepcox. |
| 01:10:41.63 | Joan Cox | Thank you. I also wanted to congratulate Janelle and share what not everybody realizes. But in 2008, when I was first appointed to the planning commission, Janelle was the chair of the planning commission. And so Janelle was my mentor as I commenced my public service efforts on behalf of the city of Sausalito. When I was elected to the city council in 2016, I am very proud of a decision I made, which was to recruit Janelle to resume. position on the planning commission. And from there, of course, she ran for city council and we've seen her successes since. Janelle, thank you for all of your service for all of these years thus far. I'm very much looking forward to resuming our collaboration as a team on the City Council. And I also would like to thank you I know many of you all don't realize how many emails and phone calls I have besieged the mayor with this past year. And she has always kept her door open to me and I know to many others and been willing to hear our comments, our concerns, our suggestions, our recommendations. So Janelle, thank you so much for that open door policy. It really makes a big difference to the residents of Sausalito to know that you hear and listen to us. So thank you. |
| 01:12:06.97 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Looking forward to seeing you here once again, Councilmember Elect. Thank you. One more individual has his hand raised. Pastor Peter. Please, please go ahead. |
| 01:12:20.50 | Pastor Peter Romanowski | Can you hear me? Am I hurt? Can you hear me now? We can. Okay. I ran for city council back in the, 80s, you know? And it was the best run I ever had in my life. You know, I wanna congratulate all of you on the City Council, former Vice Mayor or whoever, Um, Saucedo was a fun place. And it's like the eye of the universe, you know? I never got so many. letters from politicians, you know, congratulate And we, you know, the one I ran for city council. Of course I didn't win, because you know, I was broke, you know, it takes money to run for office. So I ran about 10 more times for every office in this county. I lost every election, of course. I didn't have the money to even make candidate statements, My next plan is hopefully maybe run for Congress before I die, win or lose. Anyways, I've been anchored out here longer than anybody on the Bay except for Greg Baker. So I'm the longest surviving anchor out and my, Missionary ancestry goes back to 1890 here. when my great grandfather came as a missionary to the Anchor Outs in 1890. And, um, He stood in the old Baptist church building, the old Portuguese meeting hall, which is virtually empty. not being fully utilized And I would ask the city council and the manager to help, maybe put some pressure on the owner of the, Baptist Church, which is in private hands, to open it up for us anchor outs to move in. to have some affordable housing. And, I'd like to say hello to the city manager. I've never had a chance to meet him. I've never had any problem with him. the outgoing, uh, politicians. Never heard of her. You've never heard of her. On the waterfront. No. Back tight. Nobody on the waterfront knows any of your names, except Jill Hoffman is the name that comes up. I don't know why. Nobody knows any of your names. That's how disattached. And Sal Salido City Council is from the waterfront community. which founded this city. The waterfront community founded this city. Um, And of course, we look at, You heal people. bankers, realtors, lawyers, all the most hated people in the world, so to speak, by some, you know what I mean? I mean, Um, And you're all sitting on a hill And God bless you. Do the right thing. the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah, was not. There are sexual deviations of which all of you Democrats endorse. the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was neglecting the poor and the homeless and the needy. And if you look in the history books, Sodom and Gomorrah was notorious for neglecting the homeless and the poor. And that's why they were judged Their sex sins came later. God bless you. |
| 01:15:31.31 | Walfred Solorzano | Okay, I see a handful of other hands up. Yes, Sandra Bushmaker. Thank you. |
| 01:15:41.31 | Sandra Bushmaker | Good evening, everybody. Janelle. I want to congratulate you on a fantastic year that you had. I've never seen a mayor in this town be so innovative and Efficient. And that you are. And I'm looking forward to your Blue Economy program and seeing that grow. And I know under your tutelage, it will grow immensely. But, you know, we've all gone through a lot these last three years with COVID. And it's really made our normal interchange with council members a little more stilted than it has been in the past, but you always responded to my multitudinous correspondences and I really appreciated that response and you truly were open to hearing what we had to say. And Peter Romanowski, if you're still on here, You ran against me when I was running for city council 20 years ago, well now 25 years ago. So there you go. So thank you again, Janelle, for your incredible effort that you put in to keep the city on the map, keep the city afloat. and keep the city functioning smoothly and efficiently. I appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you, Sandra. I appreciate you. |
| 01:16:59.83 | Walfred Solorzano | Next is John. |
| 01:17:05.16 | John DeRay | Thank you. Thank you. This is John DeRay. Um, mayor Kelman, I wanted to thank you. on behalf of the Saucyutu Working Waterfront Coalition, for your genuine incredible love of the working waterfront You talked the talk and then you walked the walk. And you voted in support of the working waterfront when you had the opportunity to do so. You are loved down there in the Marine ship. And I wanted to remind everybody, you know, I met Janelle, we served on the general plan advisory committee together. And, um, I wanted to remind people that about that time towards the end of that period, and I guess, 2000. 20. as that was ending. Janelle is a person who organized the Marin ship. to retool some of the industrial businesses so that this community could be provided with 15,000 plastic face shields And 55 gallons of hand sanitizer when you couldn't find either of those anywhere. um, And she organized about 50 volunteers to do that work. So thank you, Janelle, for your leadership. at the Working Water Fund. We really appreciate it. Thank you. |
| 01:18:34.64 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you, John. I appreciate that. Our next speaker is correct. |
| 01:18:47.97 | Craig | Hello, Mayor Kelman. And I wanted to add my voice to the many that have been praising you and deservedly so. and say that it's a joy to see folks on the council who practice. the, the the saying actions speak louder than words. It's easy to express lots of concern for difficult challenges, whether it's the climate crisis, sea level rise, sustainable systems. But it's a lot harder and you've consistently delivered when it comes to looking for concrete solutions. So, Thank you for practicing. what you preach and we've got a lot to do but no better person to take on the challenges here in the future to make sure that we can maintain the economic development and the economic success story of the small businesses particularly our industrial entrepreneurs along with the artists that are so important both of whom along with the working waterfront are very much threatened by private special interests. And we need people to stand up to that kind of a dead end approach now more than ever. And wanna thank you for being there and taking a constructive, positive approach to solving those and other problems. Thank you. |
| 01:20:17.56 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you, Craig. Alice Merrill. You're next. |
| 01:20:26.36 | Alice Merrill | Hello again. I loved going to your your when you were running for city council. I've just loved it because you, had the most interesting fun. wild people sometimes, and you had all these wild and crazy, wonderful ideas, and I was so grateful. And I totally want to reiterate what John and Craig just said about the Working Waterfront, and I'm thinking about I'm going to just go off now for just a little divergence, and that is the history of We have to remember the history of this town. because when we have new people coming into this town who have wonderful new ideas, but if we don't go back, If we hadn't had the Marineship specific plan, 30, 40 years ago, I believe was about when it started. They put that in order so that the friendship would stay, was saved, was saved by that. If we don't save it again, it'll be over. And aren't we lucky that we're the only town in practically the whole Bay Area that still has a place where big boats can get pulled out because... There's nowhere else. I mean, there really aren't. We still need to get the houseboats back and working, being able to be pulled, but It's the Marin ship specific plan was was a a God's gift to this town. And I hope that, somehow this council and I know with you helping even when you're not on, when you're not driving the force that you will, um, that you will really help to keep that. You know me, it's my heart. That's all I can say. As long as, as well as being here in Sausalito, It's a good town. And thank you all. |
| 01:22:22.69 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you, Alice. Well, thank you, everybody. I'll just say I've lived in Sausalito coming on 22 years. I joined the Planning Commission within the first six months of being here, not really quite knowing what it was, but knowing that as a land use and environmental lawyer, I probably knew something. And I learned way more than I ever expected. It is, this is a challenging job, but it is also probably the best job I've ever had. And it's easy because, Frankly, I love Sausalito. I genuinely love this place. And no matter where I go in the world, everybody else loves it too, which is really, really cool. So I just want to thank you all to keep using the analogy for being such great teammates. Really, it shows the power of what you can do when we encourage and support one another and help each other become better. And so I really just feel an immense gratitude to all of you in your own unique ways for enabling me to take on this role. It's been one of the most interesting years of my life. So thank you. Thank you all. for that. Okay, big sigh, because now we do get to turn it over to begin the swearing in of both Joan Cox and Jill Hoffman. |
| 01:23:38.34 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | And so, Mayor, I am going to turn off my camera and step aside, I think, if that's appropriate. Thank you. |
| 01:23:46.08 | Walfred Solorzano | And, you know, the |
| 01:23:46.11 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. |
| 01:23:46.37 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 01:23:46.44 | Susan Cleveland Knowles | Thank you. All right. |
| 01:23:47.72 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. Thank you. Thanks again, Councilmember. |
| 01:23:51.50 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you, Mayor. At this time, it's my privilege to be conducting the swearing in this evening. And just to go over the protocol, I will be swearing in both council member elects individually. And as is required, after I provide the oath of office, each council member elect will immediately sign their oaths and return them to staff at their earliest convenience. Additionally, staff has prepared personal certificates of election that will be delivered to each recipient as soon as possible. So at this time, we're gonna go in alpha order. I would like to ask Council Member Elett Cox to please raise her right hand. And you're going to repeat after me. I, please state your name. I, Joan Cox, Do you solemnly swear Do solemnly swear That I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States. That I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States. and the Constitution of the State of California |
| 01:24:53.41 | Joan Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:24:53.80 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 01:24:53.82 | Joan Cox | and the Constitution of the State of California |
| 01:24:56.33 | Walfred Solorzano | against all enemies, foreign and domestic. |
| 01:24:58.51 | Joan Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:24:58.52 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 01:24:58.54 | Joan Cox | Thank you. against all enemies, foreigners, |
| 01:25:00.55 | Walfred Solorzano | and domestic. |
| 01:25:00.97 | Joan Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:25:01.18 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 01:25:01.19 | Joan Cox | Okay. that I was. |
| 01:25:01.87 | Walfred Solorzano | bear true faith and allegiance. that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States, to the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of California, and the Constitution of the State of California. that I take this obligation freely. that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation, without any mental reservation. Or purpose of evasion. |
| 01:25:26.77 | Joan Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:25:26.81 | Walfred Solorzano | All right. |
| 01:25:26.98 | Joan Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:25:27.03 | Walfred Solorzano | THE PART OF THE PART OF THE |
| 01:25:27.33 | Joan Cox | evasion. |
| 01:25:28.02 | Walfred Solorzano | you |
| 01:25:28.06 | Joan Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:25:28.31 | Walfred Solorzano | And that I will well and faithfully. And that I will well and faithfully. Discharge the duties. Discharge the duties. Upon which I'm about to enter. Upon which I'm about to enter. |
| 01:25:38.98 | Joan Cox | enter. |
| 01:25:39.40 | Walfred Solorzano | you Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations. And welcome back. Thank you. Councilmember-elect Hoffman. If you could please raise your right hand. |
| 01:25:52.02 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:25:54.67 | Walfred Solorzano | I, state your name. I, Jill Hoffman. Do solemnly affirm You solemnly affirm. I will support and defend the constitution of the United States. |
| 01:26:05.30 | Jill Hoffman | Bye. |
| 01:26:05.54 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 01:26:05.55 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:26:05.57 | Walfred Solorzano | support and defend the Constitution |
| 01:26:07.21 | Jill Hoffman | United States. |
| 01:26:08.35 | Walfred Solorzano | and the Constitution of the State of California in the Constitution of the State of California. Against all enemies, foreign and domestic. |
| 01:26:15.59 | Jill Hoffman | against all enemies, foreign and domestic, |
| 01:26:18.01 | Walfred Solorzano | and that will bear true faith and allegiance. |
| 01:26:20.57 | Jill Hoffman | and I will bear true faith and allegiance |
| 01:26:22.53 | Walfred Solorzano | Through the Constitution of the United States, Thank you. |
| 01:26:25.01 | Jill Hoffman | through the Constitution of the United States. |
| 01:26:26.95 | Walfred Solorzano | and the Constitution of the State of California |
| 01:26:29.57 | Jill Hoffman | in the Constitution of the State of California |
| 01:26:31.96 | Walfred Solorzano | that I take this obligation freely. |
| 01:26:34.19 | Jill Hoffman | that I take this obligation freely. |
| 01:26:35.93 | Walfred Solorzano | without any mental reservations. |
| 01:26:38.09 | Jill Hoffman | without any mental reservation. |
| 01:26:39.62 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. or purpose of evasion. |
| 01:26:41.50 | Jill Hoffman | or purpose of evasion |
| 01:26:42.83 | Walfred Solorzano | And I will well and faithfully And that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties. discharge the duties upon which I'm about to enter. |
| 01:26:51.69 | Jill Hoffman | on which I'm about to enter. |
| 01:26:53.17 | Walfred Solorzano | Congratulations. Thank you. |
| 01:26:54.39 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:26:55.49 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 01:26:55.50 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Congratulations. Welcome back. Like I never left. Yeah. Well, we're delighted to have you both. Obviously, long history of working with both of you now. So I am genuinely really excited for what this team can do next year. Really, really happy to have you both here. Okay, well then we are going to move on to item 7G, I think the main event. The city council election of mayor proposed effective date of January 10th 2023. So I will open the floor to nominations. And as a, Anybody have to? Yes, please, Councilor Morsebioski. |
| 01:27:36.85 | Ian Sobieski | I'd like to nominate Melissa Blousey for mayor. |
| 01:27:41.82 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | All right. Thank you very much. Councilmember Hoffman, would you like to make a comment? Bye. |
| 01:27:47.61 | Jill Hoffman | Yes, I would like you to make Um, Well, let's see, do you call? Do you do another motion or do you like to get to an |
| 01:27:52.40 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Do you do another motion? We can do another motion. |
| 01:27:55.10 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. But there's not a second. |
| 01:27:55.46 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | There's no |
| 01:27:56.93 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. You have to see if there's |
| 01:27:57.97 | Joan Cox | second to this first motion. |
| 01:28:00.56 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Okay. I will second the first motion. |
| 01:28:06.70 | Jill Hoffman | Okay. In that case, then I'd like to make an alternate motion. And my motion is that the current leadership stay in place because we have to get our housing element in and we have other things we need to do this year, probably also hire a new city manager. I think that what we need right now is stability. and credibility. And so, especially to get that very complicated housing element done. I would, even though it's irregular, I would propose and move that we keep the current leadership of the Mayor Kelman and Vice Mayor in place. |
| 01:28:40.72 | Jill Hoffman | I'm honored at that. |
| 01:28:41.97 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Proposal, is there a second? |
| 01:28:49.46 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Okay, that motion does fail then. |
| 01:28:52.04 | Unknown | Yeah. |
| 01:28:52.19 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | And |
| 01:28:52.21 | Unknown | Madam Mayor, just for clarity of parliamentary rules, we don't really need a second on nominations. There's two nominations now for the mayor and There's two separate offices, so each offices are voted separately. And what but when there's two when there's two persons that have been nominated Thank you. one person can accept the nomination or not, but it's both both If both nominations are accepted, then you do vote. on the two candidates. and the one who gets the highest number of votes. experience. |
| 01:29:25.18 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | So let me repeat that back. I believe both of these have to have a second in order to have a vote. |
| 01:29:30.36 | Unknown | No second is required on nominations under parliamentary rules and procedure, Roberts rules. But when there's two nominations, that are accepted. You vote and whoever gets the highest number of votes prevails on that. |
| 01:29:49.05 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Well, let me, okay. So I'm gonna pull the audience. Believe the mayor serves at the pleasure of the council And I don't know that. you would vote on someone who's been nominated if there's no second. intending second. for that nomination. I want to make sure everybody feels heard on this. |
| 01:30:10.26 | Joan Cox | Well, I think you have to ask both of the nominees whether they would like to serve. |
| 01:30:10.27 | Unknown | Well, I think- |
| 01:30:15.07 | Joan Cox | If I'm hearing the city attorney correctly. Or do we just vote? You ask each of the nominees whether they are willing to serve. If both are willing to serve, then you vote. on both. Okay. |
| 01:30:29.65 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Of course, we're willing to serve. Just feels awkward to take an unnecessary vote, I suppose. So, but sure. Vice mayor, are you willing to serve? Yes. If it was the will of the Council, I would be willing to serve. where we're headed here, but. So let's go ahead and do we have a motion. So Ian, you want to make your motions? |
| 01:30:59.68 | Ian Sobieski | Uh, I'm not... |
| 01:31:01.03 | Unknown | Sure. |
| 01:31:01.34 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you. |
| 01:31:01.44 | Unknown | All right. |
| 01:31:01.49 | Ian Sobieski | of procedures. |
| 01:31:01.94 | Unknown | There's already been a nomination Correct. and two candidates at this point. so that the, Kirk can take the role and we can vote on Each candidate and whoever gets the most votes Um, will prevail. Thank you. |
| 01:31:19.93 | Ian Sobieski | So I guess I'll just add a comment to my nomination, A similar dynamic existed in January where we had crises of the day. They were serious. And at that meeting at minute, three hours, 28 and 40 seconds. I said then what I say now, which is we have a regular tradition in town of rotating these offices among. candidates that should only be changed and under extraordinary circumstances. And I have full confidence in, Melissa's ability to lead this excellent team and solve our problems together. I look forward to, uh, I look forward to that dynamic. and continuing the tradition that it reinforces by continuing the tradition. by continuing. |
| 01:32:10.22 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Right, so this just feels a little too complicated for my tastes. So I'm gonna decline the nomination and I'm gonna call the vote. |
| 01:32:20.65 | Walfred Solorzano | Councilmember Sobieski. |
| 01:32:23.27 | Ian Sobieski | Yes. |
| 01:32:25.19 | Walfred Solorzano | Councilmember Cox. Yes. Councilmember Hoffman. |
| 01:32:30.79 | Jill Hoffman | respectfully, no. |
| 01:32:33.29 | Walfred Solorzano | by smear blasting. |
| 01:32:35.36 | Jill Hoffman | Yes. |
| 01:32:37.42 | Walfred Solorzano | Mayor Kalman. Thank you. |
| 01:32:38.66 | Joan Cox | Yes. |
| 01:32:38.89 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. Passes 4 to 1. Okay. |
| 01:32:42.18 | Joan Cox | Mayor, as a point of order, may I clarify that we are electing a mayor to take office in January? Correct. |
| 01:32:52.17 | Unknown | January. |
| 01:32:52.31 | Joan Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:32:52.71 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 01:32:52.85 | Joan Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:32:53.03 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Yes. |
| 01:32:54.22 | Joan Cox | Thank you. |
| 01:32:54.23 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | at the January 10th meeting. Correct. So, Congratulations, Mayor-elect Blaustein. Okay, on to the vice mayor. Do we have any nominations? I nominate Councilmember Sobieski. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? |
| 01:33:20.69 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Okay, then. We want it's going twice. Let's call the roll. |
| 01:33:28.94 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you, Council Member Sobieski. |
| 01:33:32.00 | Ian Sobieski | Well, I'd rather vote last, but... I, if elected, I will serve, so yes. |
| 01:33:36.86 | Walfred Solorzano | Councilmember Cox. Yes. |
| 01:33:38.75 | Ian Sobieski | Thank you. |
| 01:33:38.78 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. Councilmember Hoffman. |
| 01:33:40.93 | Jill Hoffman | Respectfully, no. And I'm assuming that Council member Blaustein was declining my my nomination for vice mayor, so respectfully no. |
| 01:33:52.23 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Oh, that is so. |
| 01:33:54.31 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:33:54.36 | Joan Cox | So. |
| 01:33:55.88 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | That's a different, well, that's interesting. uh, Okay. |
| 01:34:00.33 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:34:01.66 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | when you can't put it in. |
| 01:34:02.03 | Jill Hoffman | both. |
| 01:34:02.49 | Unknown | That's a good clarifying point, but I was Oh, okay. |
| 01:34:06.35 | Jill Hoffman | I would say keep polling. |
| 01:34:07.50 | Vice Mayor | Thank you. |
| 01:34:07.93 | Unknown | Yeah, thank you. Mm-mm. I hope. |
| 01:34:10.81 | Jill Hoffman | Thank you. |
| 01:34:10.83 | Vice Mayor | if you will. |
| 01:34:10.96 | Unknown | Anyway. |
| 01:34:13.90 | Vice Mayor | Well, should we continue polling? I mean, I didn't mean to have a point of, I didn't know that there was... I don't know. The city of Toronto said we should be. |
| 01:34:21.64 | Unknown | Thank you. |
| 01:34:22.05 | Jill Hoffman | Yeah. Thank you. |
| 01:34:23.80 | Unknown | I mean, now that Mayor, Mayor Lacowse, Bostein is the mayor of election can't be the vice president or vice mayor. in sixth year. You can't hold Botoxes. |
| 01:34:37.35 | Walfred Solorzano | Engmeyer Kalman. |
| 01:34:38.42 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. Yes. |
| 01:34:39.45 | Walfred Solorzano | Thank you. |
| 01:34:40.98 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Pass the support of one. OK, well thank you everybody and congratulations to our Olette. Vice mayor and mayor elect. It's a new phrase for us. So thank you everybody for that. Okay, so we will move on then. Any public comment? on the vote. Not at this time, Mayor. Okay, public comment is closed. Move ahead to item eight, which is city manager reports, city council appointments and other council business. go ahead and take public comment on items 8B through 8E. that is city manager information for council appointment supports commissions and committees future agenda items and other reports of significance and actually before we move that on i just want to um . Thank Councilmember Sobieski-Santa, who is now Vice Mayor-Elect, and congratulate both him and Mayor-Elect Blaustein. I know our teamwork will continue. And I know that we will continue to do amazing things together. So I just didn't want to roll over that since I didn't understand some of the parliamentary aspects of this. So let me just roll that back and just say congratulations to you both. Okay, any public comment on Uh, The items under item eight. Thank you. |
| 01:36:05.26 | Walfred Solorzano | We have one, Pastor Peter. |
| 01:36:06.76 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you. Okay, Pastor Peter, welcome. |
| 01:36:18.54 | Pastor Peter Romanowski | related to, um, the czar. who recently passed away here in Marin County, And spiritually I am. But anyways, I haven't been in touch with the Saucyote City Council for decades. I've been so engrossed with the anchor out situation, here in Southfield. I wanna say to the mayor, work with us because they'll We're not victims. I'm going to go into my poetic mood. We're not victims, we're victors, you know what I mean? And, and. We're reaching out to you. on the hills. the bankers, the empty buildings, all of those mansions that are polluting the world and the earth, man, and they're blaming on us and throughout over eelgrass. that we are destroying the world you. And I'm speaking politically now. It's either us or eelgrass. and and local natives. eight eelgrass. They used it for insulation. And dear mayor, vice mayor, I want to work with you, but I am a shaman, a Christian shaman from another world. And there's a big bridge between the spiritual you know, political world. I try to bridge it. and I'm open to bridges. And. God bless you. I feel so great right now. in God, you know. Don't you feel good when you do something good for somebody? It makes you feel so good, like a Jimmy Stewart movement. Anyways, God bless you all. Thank you for listening to me. And. I'll stay in touch. Are you still there? |
| 01:38:10.50 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Thank you, Pastor Peter. Okay, with that, I'll go ahead and close public comment and we will move over now to city manager report. |
| 01:38:25.96 | Chris Zapata | So mayor, I wanna make sure that we're on the right item. This is the city manager recap for 2022. |
| 01:38:33.57 | Mayor Janelle Kellman | Yes. |
| 01:38:33.79 | Chris Zapata | So, That's correct. Okay. Thank you. I'll begin and I won't be too long, but I do have some stuff to talk about. So first of all, this is the 129th year since Sausalito was incorporated as a city. 129 years. And this city council, the past city council, not counting many other meetings, attend, met in an official elected body capacity 38 times this past year to do the work in service of the social community. And so for the public record, I'd like to review projects planning program. policies and items of community interest undertaken by the city council and our team, our organization in 2022. I'll start with some projects. Southview Park, completion. Safe Pathways to School on Cologne Street. Dunphy Park bocce lights. the lighting assistance to make downtown glow. continued work on the Ferry Lampside project the B of A building agreement with the Sassilo Center for the Arts. The approval of a living shoreline project near Dunphy Park. and Nevada Street calming safe pathways to school project. On the planning side, obviously the state required housing element work for The approval of funding for the objective design and development standards. And then relating programs. hired a grants consultant and applied for various grants. He placed 1.2 million in reserve funds into the capital improvement program this past year. to approve various treatment improvement projects as a result. You expanded library hours. co-sponsored with marine school district a juneteenth program called words that made the difference Brown versus the Board of Education. Our summer reading in Marin City School District Cooperation also includes library programming. And we continue to grow our currents brand. with subscribers increasing from 3,961 persons to 4,643 persons. And along with that, we had one of our own recognized, the Spirit of Marin recognized Abbott Chambers after nomination from the Chamber of Commerce to Sausalito. on the policy and administration side, He created Juneteenth as a city holiday. You declared a climate emergency. You declared a local emergency at Marine Ship Park, or you ratified a local emergency at Marine Ship Park. We adopted a resolution condemning anti-Semitism. You adopted June as LGBTQ plus Pride Month. You adopted a land acknowledgement policy. We adopted a citywide historic contact statement. You held extensive discussion on Cypress Ridge and open space. You supported the Digital Marine Strategic Plan. And while that was happening, you approved the 2223 fiscal year budget. You provided policy direction on the former Dorothy Gibson House. and put Measure L on the ballot unanimously. You adopted noise control for gas powered landscape equipment. We responded to the Orange County grand jury report on electrifying buildings and eliminating natural gas. You conversed extensively with PG&E about system upgrades and undergrounding in Sausalito. And you pointed us in the direction of pension review, which resulted in a Bartels and Associates report that the council saw this past year as well. You completed the 21-22 audit of the city finances, extended our audit agreement for one more year with Maison Associates, Our audit this year was completed not by consultants, but our inside city staff saving us about $100,000. We responded to requirements of GASB, the Government and Counting Standards Board, requirements. and did that in house for savings of about $30,000. And we hired NHA advisors for financial services and review of our financial challenges and providing suggestions related to pensions, future potential bond issues and revenue streams. We approved a technology services agreement with Marin IT. You hired a real estate manager to manage our property portfolio. We continue to work on the consolidation of the sewer collection system with the Sausseva Moran City Sanitary District. They're approved a mutual police services support agreement with the city of Neal Valley. you received a long term fiscal health review and a proposed three-year plan to eliminate the structural deficit As it relates to labor, you created a new business model. |
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| 01:43:38.00 | Chris Zapata | for employees to work A 36-hour, four-day workweek, which creates work-life balance. and saves ongoing costs. Thank you. a very non-traditional approach to help with commutes. You know, all the things that make our city more sustainable in terms of emissions and cutting our employees who commute at a rate of 90% to the city down to four days a week. And to do all this, you reviewed and hired |
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Ali Baer — In Favor: Thanked the council for opposing Measure K and celebrated the 74% no vote, appreciating community unity. ▶ 📄
Pastor Peter Romanowski — Against: Raised concerns about affordable housing, the missing dinghy dock for over two years, and hostility towards anchor-outs, citing historical presence. ▶ 📄