Town Council Meeting: May 7, 2025
6:30 pm Fairfax Women’s Club
Fairfax Women's Club - 46 Park Road, Fairfax 94930
Agenda
Wednesday, May 7, 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 in Closed Session at 4:45 p.m. at the Fairfax Community Center
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION NOTICE This meeting will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. It will also be broadcast on Channels 27 and 99 and livestreamed on https://www.townoffairfax.org/watch-live-2/ and https://www.cmcm.tv/27. Unless a member of the City Council is attending the meeting via teleconference pursuant to the provisions of AB 2449 (2022), if a technical error or outage occurs on the Zoom feed, the Town Council will continue the meeting in public at the Fairfax Women’s Club.In-person and remote participation:
Public Comment:
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Special Closed Session at 4:45 p.m.
Fairfax Community Center, 16 Park Road
- LIABILITY CLAIMS
CA Govt Code Section 54956.95
Claimant: Susan Mulloy
Agency claimed against: Town of Fairfax
- CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION
CA Govt Code Section 54956.9 (d)(1)
Shaylee Koontz v. Town of Fairfax et al.
Case No. 25-cv-01311-RFL
S. District Court, Northern District of CA
Ex Parte Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction to Stop Implementation [of] Town of Fairfax’s Anti-Camping Ordinance Against the Peri Park Encampment “Camp Liberty” - CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Govt Code Section 94956.8
Property:
No APN – A Portion of Meadow Way, San Anselmo Creek Bridge to Cascade Avenue
No APN – A Portion of Meadow Way, East of the San Anselmo Creek Bridge
APN 003-102-19; 6 Meadow Way, Fairfax
APN 003-122-55; 7 Meadow Way, Fairfax
APN 003-102-26; 333 Cascade Drive, Fairfax
APN 003-122-41; 21 Meadow Way, Fairfax
APN 003-122-58; and 003-122-09; 1 Meadow Way, Fairfax
Agency Negotiator: Heather Abrams, Town Manager, Nadar Tamannaie, Consultant, Town Attorneys
Negotiating Parties: Cascade Land Company; George Hollister; Catherine Stone Revocable Trust; Alexander Binik & Marilyn Gaynes, Gaynes/Binik Trust; Scott Davis & Katheryn Thompson; Robert & Kathryn Linscott Trustees of the Linscott 2000 Trust; Steven & Nancy Wasserman
Under Negotiation: Both price and terms
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 has the responsibility to be a model of respectful behavior in order to facilitate the conduct of the people’s business and encourage civil engagement in Town Council 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. Shouting, clapping, booing, stomping, or other disruptive behavior during public comment or council deliberation is discouraged in order to provide a respectful and comfortable environment for all residents to express their point of view. Clapping is acceptable for items such as police pinnings, proclamations, welcoming new staff and council members, and other celebratory announcements.
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.
- PRESENTATIONS
a. Adopt a Proclamation Recognizing Librarian Margaret Miles of the Marin County Library Fairfax Branch
b. Adopt a Proclamation Recognizing Fairfax Open Space Member Jack Judkins
OPEN TIME FOR PUBLIC EXPRESSION (Up to 30 minutes)
This is the time to address the Council on matters not on the agenda. All comments are limited to two (2) minutes. The Council is not permitted to take action and state law strictly limits the right of the Council to discuss any unagendized item. (Gov. Code §54954.2). If there are still raised hands after 30 minutes, Open Time will be continued to the end of the agenda.
PUBLIC HEARING
REGULAR AGENDA
3. Discuss Transitioning to a Charter City and Provide Direction to Staff – Continued from April 2, 2025 Town Council Meeting
4. Conduct Public Review for Fiscal Year 2025-26 Proposed Operating and Capital Improvement Budget and provide direction to staff
5. Discuss and Consider Transitioning to Action Minutes
6. CONSENT CALENDAR (10 minutes approximately)
The Council may approve the entire consent calendar with one action (vote). In the alternative, items on the Consent Calendar may be removed by any Town Council or staff member for separate discussion and vote. Public comment for items on the Consent Calendar happens once, rather than after each individual item. During the public comment period on Consent items, speakers may comment on any items from this section of the agenda. Each speaker will have up to two minutes and may only speak once.
a. Receive Financial Statement and Disbursement Reports for January 2024
b. Receive Treasurer’s Quarterly Report
c. Receive written report on Councilmembers’ assignments, committees, and activities in February 2025
d. Approve Minutes for the February 5 and February 26, 2025 Town Council Meeting
e. Receive Recreation Quarterly Report
f. Waive second reading, read by title only and adopt ordinance to amend Chapter 17.048 (Residential Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units) of the Fairfax municipal code to comply with recent changes in state law. CEQA: Statutorily Exempt.
g. Renew Ordinance No. 862 Authorizing the Special or Military Equipment Use Policy and Equipment Inventory for the Fairfax Police Department, and Accept the Annual Report on Use of Military Equipment in 2023, Pursuant to California Assembly Bill 481
h. Adopt Proclamation Recognizing June 2025 as Pride Month and Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the Display of Rainbow Flags During Pride Month 2025
i. Adopt Resolution Authorizing the Temporary Closure of Certain Streets for the Fairfax Festival and Parade on June 7 and 8, 2025, and approve sponsorship of the closure
j. Receive Annual Report by Marin Sanitary Service for Solid Waste Services
k. Reappoint Liz Gottlieb to the Climate Action Committee
l. Receive Informational Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Report
m. Receive Informational Report on Town Credit Card Use
n. Authorize the Mayor to Send a Letter Opposing SB 79 (Wiener) Transit Oriented Development
o. Adopt a Proclamation Recognizing Public Works Appreciation Week
p. Adopt a Proclamation Recognizing Gun Violence Awareness Day
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 Joan Kisbey Houston
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.
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This meeting notice was posted in accordance with Government Code section 54954.2(a)(1) on or before May 2, 2025.