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Tiburon Town Council Minutes #05-2022 March 2, 2022
TOWN COUNCIL SPECIAL & REGULAR MEETING
MINUTES
Consistent with Government Code section 54953(e), councilmembers attended this meeting by teleconference. Members of the public were invited to participate in the meeting by live-streaming the meeting on the Town’s website and submitting comments to comments@townoftiburon.org to
be included in the public record for the meeting.
SPECIAL MEETING – 4:00 P.M. Mayor Welner called the special meeting of the Tiburon Town Council to order at 4:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Councilmember Fredericks, Councilmember Griffin, Councilmember Thier, Vice Mayor Ryan,
Mayor Welner
CLOSED SESSION 1. Public Employee Performance Review: Government Code Section 34957
Title: Town Manager ADJOURNMENT – to regular meeting REGULAR MEETING – 5:00 P.M.
Mayor Welner called the regular meeting of the Tiburon Town Council to order at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Fredericks, Griffin, Ryan, Thier, Welner ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None PRESENT: EX OFFICIO: Town Manager Chanis, Town Attorney Stock,
Director of Community Development Tasini, Chief
of Police Monaghan, Director of Administrative Services Creekmore, Town Clerk Stefani ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Lorraine Gemigniani, Carol Korenbrot, Lynn Feinerman, Eva Chrisante, and Bronia Hill all spoke about the recent distribution of anti-Semitic flyers to residents in Tiburon, expressed
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support for the local Jewish community and requested the Town Council to make a public statement in condemnation of the flyers and spread of hate in the community.
David Barker asked the Council to issue a commendation to honor and thank the Marin County Department of Public Health and the Public Health Officers for their guidance through the COVID-19 public health crisis.
INTERVIEWS FOR VACANCIES ON TOWN BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
• Kevin Smith, Planning Commission
• Peter Dempsey, Parks, Open Space and Trails Commission CONSENT CALENDAR CC-1. Town Council Minutes – Adopt minutes for February 14, 2022 Town Council special meeting (Department of Administrative Services) CC-2. Town Council Minutes – Adopt minutes for February 16, 2022 Town Council special and regular meetings (Department of Administrative Services) CC-3. Vacancies on Town Boards & Commissions – Announce special vacancy on the
Belvedere-Tiburon Joint Recreation (“The Ranch”) Committee (Department of Administrative Services) MOTION: To adopt Consent Calendar Items No. 1-3, as written. Moved: Thier, seconded by Fredericks
VOTE: AYES: Fredericks, Griffin, Ryan, Thier, Welner ACTION ITEMS AI-1. Resolution – Consider adoption of a resolution that would establish the practice that the
Town Council have the opportunity to interview top department head candidates (Department of Administrative Services) MOTION: To adopt the Resolution, as written. Moved: Fredericks, seconded by Welner
MOTION: To adopt the Resolution, as amended, to update the third stanza to read as “…in the event of an active Department Head recruitment process, or promotion, the Town Council members will…”. Moved: Thier, seconded by Griffin
VOTE: AYES: Griffin, Ryan, Thier, Welner NAYS: Fredericks
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AI-2. Town Council Committee Appointments – Consider making one or two appointments to the Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilmembers City/County Services
Subcommittee (Department of Administrative Services) No action taken. AI-3. Appointments to Town Boards & Commissions – Consider reappointments of
commissioners whose terms have expired or new appointments to the Planning
Commission, Parks, Open Space and Trails Commission, and the Heritage & Arts Commission (Department of Administrative Services) MOTION: To reappoint Kathleen Defever and Eric Woodward to the Planning Commission
to new 4-year terms.
Moved: Thier, seconded by Fredericks VOTE: AYES: Fredericks, Griffin, Ryan, Thier, Welner MOTION: To reappoint Isaac Nikfar to a new 4-year term on the Parks, Open Space and
Trails Commission and to appoint Liz Judge to the Parks, Open Space and Trails
Commission to a 4-year term. Moved: Thier, seconded by Fredericks VOTE: AYES: Fredericks, Griffin, Ryan, Thier, Welner
MOTION: To reappoint Fran Hall, Azita de Mujica, and Jaleh Etemad to the Heritage & Arts
Commission to new 4-year terms. Moved: Thier, seconded by Fredericks VOTE: AYES: Fredericks, Griffin, Ryan, Thier, Welner
MOTION: To appoint Arjun Gupta to the Heritage & Arts Commission.
Moved: Fredericks, seconded by Griffin VOTE: AYES: Fredericks, Griffin, Ryan, Thier, Welner Councilmember Fredericks requested future agenda include items to consider reevaluation the
Town’s appointment process to require the Council to reinterview incumbents after a certain
number of terms and to increase the number of members on the Heritage & Arts Commission. AI-4. Automatic License Plate Reader System Expansion – Consider proposal and budget amendment in the amount of $60,500 to authorize the purchase of additional automatic
license plate reader cameras (Office of the Town Manager)
MOTION: To approve a budget amendment in the amount of $60,500 to fund the purchase of additional automatic license plate reader cameras. Moved: Thier, seconded by Fredericks
VOTE: AYES: Fredericks, Griffin, Ryan, Thier, Welner DISCUSSION ITEMS
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DI-1. Municipal Code Amendments – Discuss potential revisions to Chapter 15 of the Tiburon Municipal Code related to trees and view obstruction (Office of the Town
Manager)
Public comment was received by:
• Robert and Wendy Walley, who spoke in support of the proposed amendments and said
the 90-day safe harbor clause would help them.
• Karen Rasmussen, who spoke against the proposed amendments and said the 90-day safe harbor clause would further delay resolution.
• Jim Snipes, who said any amendments should be considered in the context of the whole community and said the 90-day safe harbor clause was creating an undue delay in the process.
• David Barker, who spoke against the proposed amendments, stating that the amendments
need a more thorough evaluation process because it impacts the whole community.
• Daryl DeVinney, who spoke in support of the proposed amendments, stating it was reasonable to ask that complaining parties provide tree claims before mediation to avoid entering costly mediation without any clear definition of the problem.
• Geoff Baylor, who spoke against the proposed amendments, stating the 90-day safe
harbor clause was not appropriate in most scenarios.
• William Seaman, who spoke against the proposed amendments, stating the unclear financial penalties.
• Charlie Rice, who spoke against the proposed amendments.
• Karen Schuler Hill, who spoke against the proposed amendments.
• Lalita Waterman, who spoke in support of the proposed amendments and said the
Reedlands HOA Board of Directors also endorses the revisions. The Council directed staff to return to a future meeting with a draft ordinance amending provisions that would require an initial written letter be sent by the complaining party prior to mediation and that parties could jointly request that the Town pay for one hour of professional
mediation services from a Town-provided list of professional mediators. TOWN COUNCIL REPORTS The Council discussed adding the following items to an upcoming agenda:
• A resolution in support Ukraine during the Russian invasion.
• An ordinance for expediting permitting for charging stations.
• A resolution in opposition to PG&E lowering rates of solar installation reimbursements,
to perhaps be written by the Sustainability Committee. TOWN MANAGER REPORT
There was none.
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ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Town Council of the Town of Tiburon, Mayor Welner
adjourned the meeting at 8:00 p.m.
JON WELNER, MAYOR TOWN OF TIBURON ATTEST:
LEA STEFANI, TOWN CLERK
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