Town Council: August 6, 2025

Agenda

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Fairfax Women’s Club, 46 Park Road, Fairfax CA
and  Zoom Webinar ID 831 0518 0735

Preceded by a Special Meeting at 6:10 p.m. at the Women’s Club
to Conduct Interviews and Consider Appointments

Preceded by a Special Meeting in Closed Session at 4:30 p.m.
Fairfax Community Center, 16 Park Road

Closed Session at 4:30 p.m.
In-person at the Fairfax Community Center, 16 Park Road

1.CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Govt Code 54956.9 (d)(1)
Town of Fairfax v. Carrie Durham
Marin Superior Court, Case Number CIV-0002423
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Government Code §54956.9 (d)(1)
Cecil Brheath Scwarz et.al v. Town of Fairfax
United States District Court, Northern District of California
Case number: 3:25-CV-06395
3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
Government Code §54956.9 (d)(1)
Delta Grinding Company v. Town of Fairfax et al.
Marin Superior Court, Case number: 25-cv-06395-RS

Special Meeting at 6:10 p.m.
In-person meeting at the Fairfax Women’s Club

1. Interview and consider an appointment to the Open Space Committee

Regular Meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Hybrid meeting at the Fairfax Women’s Club and via Zoom

6:30 PM – CALL TO ORDER – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL—APPROVAL OF AGENDA

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Fairfax Town Council acknowledges that we are located on the un-ceded ancestral lands of the Coast Miwok people of present-day Marin County. We honor with gratitude the land itself, and all of its ancestors: past, present, and emerging.

MEETING PROTOCOL The Mayor shall maintain order at the meetings. The Council and the audience are expected to refrain from using profane language and/or ridiculing the character or motives of council members, staff, or members of the public and to maintain the standards of tolerance and civility. Please turn off all cellular phones or place them in silent mode.

The Town Council will review the agenda at 10:00 P.M. to ascertain which items, if any, will be continued to another meeting. Any matter not started by 11:30 P.M. will be continued to an adjourned or regular council meeting unless the Council votes to suspend this rule.

REPORT OUT ON CLOSED SESSION

OPEN TIME FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION This is the time for the public to address the Council on matters not listed on the agenda. Each speaker is limited to two (2) minutes. The Council cannot take action or discuss items not on the agenda, as restricted by state law (Gov. Code §54954.2). If there are more speakers after 30 minutes, Open Time will continue at the end of the agenda.

REGULAR AGENDA

1. Receive and File Certificate of Sufficiency of Local Recall Petitions Seeking Removal of Councilmembers Blash and Hellman and Approve Setting the Special Municipal Election Date for the Recall

2. Cannabis Business Permit for a Cannabis Storefront Retailer/Adult Use Retail Delivery-only Business at 1601 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard

3. Rescind Resolution 25-15 and Adopt a Replacement Resolution Forming the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee with Expanded Membership; and Consider Appointments

4. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the Town Manager to Execute an Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with CSW/ST2 for the Park Road Rehabilitation and Improvement Project

5. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the Town Manager to Execute a Second Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement between the Town and Fairchild Broms Design for the Fire Station 21 Remodel Project and Receive Project Timeline Update

6. CONSENT CALENDAR The Council can approve all items on the Consent Calendar in one action. Alternatively, any Council or staff member can remove items for separate discussion and voting. Public comments for Consent Calendar items are taken collectively, not item by item. During this period, speakers may address any item on the Consent Calendar, with each speaker allotted up to two minutes and limited to one comment session.

a. Receive Financial Statement and Disbursement Reports for June 2025

b. Receive report on Councilmembers’ assignments, committees, and activities in July 2025

c. Approve Minutes from the June 4, 2025 Town Council Meeting

d. Adoption of a Resolution Making Certain Findings and Determinations in Compliance with Section XIIIB of the California Constitution (Gann Initiative) and Setting the Appropriation Limit for Fiscal Year 2025-26

e. Adopt Resolution Setting the Living Wage for Town Employees and Town Contract Employees pursuant to the Annual Review Requirements of Section 8.56.020 of the Town Code

f. Treasurer’s Report for Quarter Ending June 30, 2025

g. Receive Fairfax Department of Recreation and Community Services Quarterly Financial April – June report

h. Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the Display of Street Smarts Banners from September 29th to November 14th, 2025

i. Adopt a Proclamation Designating the Northern Spotted Owl as the Official Town Bird of Fairfax, California

PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVED BEFORE 3PM

COUNCIL REPORTS AND COMMENTS
(Brief announcements and reports on Councilmember assignments, committees, and activities, including reports from meetings attended at Town expense.)

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

TOWN MANAGER’S REPORT

ADJOURNMENT
In memory of Augie Garcia and Bill Whitney

If any of the matters described above is challenged in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at any public hearing described on this agenda, or in written correspondence delivered at, or prior to, this Council meeting.

If you need an accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting due to disability, please contact the Deputy Town Clerk prior to the meeting: (415) 453-1584 or cfoster@townoffairfax.org.

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This meeting notice was posted in accordance with Government Code section 54954.2(a)(1) on or before August 1, 2025.