Town Council: November 5, 2025
Agenda
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
Fairfax Women’s Club, 46 Park Road, Fairfax CA
and Zoom Webinar ID 831 0518 0735
Preceded by a meeting in Closed Session at 3:45 p.m.
Fairfax Community Center, 16 Park Road, Fairfax CA
Agenda
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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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Closed Session at 3:45 p.m.
In-person at the Fairfax Community Center, 16 Park Road
PUBLIC COMMENT – Public comment will be received in person on the closed session matter listed below before the Council adjourns to the closed session (closed to the public).
ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION ON THE FOLLOWING MATTER:
- CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Government Code § 54956.9 (d)(2) & (e)(1) – One Case
- PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Government Code § 54957
Title: Town Manager
- PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Government Code § 54957
Title: Town Attorney
Reporting on any action taken at the closed session will be done in open session at the beginning of the Town Council’s regular meeting.
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
- Present Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Executive Certificate to Chief Tabaranza
- Receive Presentation on Wildfire Evacuations in Fairfax
- Receive Presentation on Pacific Gas & Electric Company Reliability Report
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
- Conduct a Public Hearing and Adopt Ordinance 899 to Amend Chapter 8.04 of the Fairfax Town Code and Adopt the 2025 California Fire Code, portions of the 2024 International Fire Code with Certain Local Amendments and Additions
- Conduct a Public Hearing and Adopt Ordinance 900 to Amend Chapter 8.06 of the Fairfax Town Code and Adopt the 2025 Edition of the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code and 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code with Certain Local Amendments and Additions
- Conduct a Public Hearing and Adopt Ordinance 901 adopting the 2025 California Building Standards Code (California Code of Regulations, Title 24) including the 2025 California Administrative Code, the 2025 California Building Code, the 2025 California Residential Code, the 2025 California Electrical Code, the 2025 California Mechanical Code, the 2025 California Plumbing Code, the 2025 California Energy Code, the 2025 California Historical Building Code, the 2025 California Existing Building Code, the 2025 California Green Building Standards Code, and the 2025 California Referenced Standards Codes, with Local Amendments, and the 2024 Edition of the International Property Maintenance Code
- Adopt a Resolution Containing Rules for Use of the Town’s Parks; Introduce and Waive First Reading of an Ordinance Amending Town Code Chapter 12.36
- 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 September 2025
b. Receive Treasurer’s Quarterly Report
c. Receive Recreation’s Quarterly Report
d. Receive report on Councilmembers’ assignments, committees, and activities in October 2025
e. Approve Minutes from the September 30, 2025 Town Council Meeting
f. Adopt a Resolution Establishing the Regular Council Meeting Dates for the Months of January, July, and April 2026 and Confirm the 2026 Regular Meeting Calendar
g. Authorize the Town Manager to Pay Fairfax’s Contribution of $37,861.77 to the Marin Countywide Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program (MCSTOPPP) Baseline Program for Fiscal Year 2025-2026
h. Reappoint Geoff Bolt to the Open Space Committee
i. Adopt a Proclamation Recognizing Native American Heritage Month
j. Adopt a Proclamation Recognizing Scent Sensitivity
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 Mark Milberg, Edith Elaine Sorensen, Kathleen Jean (Dowling) Saia, Sebastian D Saia, and Merry Newton.
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.
Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection http://www.townoffairfaxca.gov/. Meetings are broadcast, recorded, and uploaded to the Town’s website.
This meeting notice was posted in accordance with Government Code section 54954.2(a)(1) on or before October 31, 2025.